cchain

Overview

cchain is a command line tool designed to execute a series of commands based on a configuration file. It supports retrying commands if they fail, with a specified number of attempts.

Features

Execute commands with specified arguments.
Retry commands on failure with configurable retry limits.
Simple configuration using JSON files.
Logging of command execution and retries.

Installation

To install cchain, clone the repository and build it using Cargo:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cchain.git
cd cchain
cargo build --release

Usage

Create a JSON configuration file with the commands you want to execute. Example configuration:

[
    {
        "command": "echo",
        "arguments": ["Hello, world!"],
        "retry": 3
    },
    {
        "command": "ls",
        "arguments": ["-la"],
        "retry": 1
    }
]

Additionally, if you do not specify a configuration file, cchain will list all available configuration files in the current working directory that start with cchain_ and have a .json extension. You can then select the desired configuration file by entering the corresponding number.

Example:

./cchain

This will prompt you to select from the available configuration files in the current directory.

Run cchain with the path to your configuration file:

./cchain --configurations path/to/configurations.json

To generate a template configuration file, use the --generate flag:

./cchain --generate

License