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shannon_nu_command/filters/
tee.rs

1use nu_engine::{command_prelude::*, get_eval_block_with_early_return};
2#[cfg(feature = "os")]
3use nu_protocol::process::ChildPipe;
4#[cfg(test)]
5use nu_protocol::shell_error;
6use nu_protocol::{
7    ByteStream, ByteStreamSource, OutDest, PipelineMetadata, Signals,
8    byte_stream::copy_with_signals, engine::Closure, report_shell_error, shell_error::io::IoError,
9};
10use std::{
11    io::{self, Read, Write},
12    sync::{
13        Arc,
14        mpsc::{self, Sender},
15    },
16    thread::{self, JoinHandle},
17};
18
19#[derive(Clone)]
20pub struct Tee;
21
22impl Command for Tee {
23    fn name(&self) -> &str {
24        "tee"
25    }
26
27    fn description(&self) -> &str {
28        "Copy a stream to another command in parallel."
29    }
30
31    fn extra_description(&self) -> &str {
32        "This is useful for doing something else with a stream while still continuing to
33use it in your pipeline."
34    }
35
36    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
37        Signature::build("tee")
38            .input_output_type(Type::Any, Type::Any)
39            .switch(
40                "stderr",
41                "For external commands: copy the standard error stream instead.",
42                Some('e'),
43            )
44            .required(
45                "closure",
46                SyntaxShape::Closure(None),
47                "The other command to send the stream to.",
48            )
49            .category(Category::Filters)
50    }
51
52    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example<'_>> {
53        vec![
54            Example {
55                example: "http get http://example.org/ | tee { save example.html }",
56                description: "Save a webpage to a file while also printing it.",
57                result: None,
58            },
59            Example {
60                example: "nu -c 'print -e error; print ok' | tee --stderr { save error.log } | complete",
61                description: "Save error messages from an external command to a file without redirecting them.",
62                result: None,
63            },
64            Example {
65                example: "1..100 | tee { each { print } } | math sum | wrap sum",
66                description: "Print numbers and their sum.",
67                result: None,
68            },
69            Example {
70                example: "10000 | tee { 1..$in | print } | $in * 5",
71                description: "Do something with a value on another thread, while also passing through the value.",
72                result: Some(Value::test_int(50000)),
73            },
74        ]
75    }
76
77    fn run(
78        &self,
79        engine_state: &EngineState,
80        stack: &mut Stack,
81        call: &Call,
82        input: PipelineData,
83    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
84        let head = call.head;
85        let from_io_error = IoError::factory(head, None);
86        let use_stderr = call.has_flag(engine_state, stack, "stderr")?;
87
88        let closure: Spanned<Closure> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
89        let closure_span = closure.span;
90        let closure = closure.item;
91
92        let engine_state_arc = Arc::new(engine_state.clone());
93
94        let mut eval_block = {
95            let closure_engine_state = engine_state_arc.clone();
96            let mut closure_stack = stack
97                .captures_to_stack_preserve_out_dest(closure.captures)
98                .reset_pipes();
99            let eval_block_with_early_return = get_eval_block_with_early_return(engine_state);
100
101            move |input| {
102                let result = eval_block_with_early_return(
103                    &closure_engine_state,
104                    &mut closure_stack,
105                    closure_engine_state.get_block(closure.block_id),
106                    input,
107                )
108                .map(|p| p.body);
109                // Make sure to drain any iterator produced to avoid unexpected behavior
110                result.and_then(|data| data.drain().map(|_| ()))
111            }
112        };
113
114        // Convert values that can be represented as streams into streams. Streams can pass errors
115        // through later, so if we treat string/binary/list as a stream instead, it's likely that
116        // we can get the error back to the original thread.
117        let span = input.span().unwrap_or(head);
118        let input = input.into_stream_or_original(engine_state);
119
120        if let PipelineData::ByteStream(stream, metadata) = input {
121            let type_ = stream.type_();
122
123            let info = StreamInfo {
124                span,
125                signals: engine_state.signals().clone(),
126                type_,
127                metadata: metadata.clone(),
128            };
129
130            match stream.into_source() {
131                ByteStreamSource::Read(read) => {
132                    if use_stderr {
133                        return stderr_misuse(span, head);
134                    }
135
136                    let tee_thread = spawn_tee(info, eval_block)?;
137                    let tee = IoTee::new(read, tee_thread);
138
139                    Ok(PipelineData::byte_stream(
140                        ByteStream::read(tee, span, engine_state.signals().clone(), type_),
141                        metadata,
142                    ))
143                }
144                ByteStreamSource::File(file) => {
145                    if use_stderr {
146                        return stderr_misuse(span, head);
147                    }
148
149                    let tee_thread = spawn_tee(info, eval_block)?;
150                    let tee = IoTee::new(file, tee_thread);
151
152                    Ok(PipelineData::byte_stream(
153                        ByteStream::read(tee, span, engine_state.signals().clone(), type_),
154                        metadata,
155                    ))
156                }
157                #[cfg(feature = "os")]
158                ByteStreamSource::Child(mut child) => {
159                    let stderr_thread = if use_stderr {
160                        let stderr_thread = if let Some(stderr) = child.stderr.take() {
161                            let tee_thread = spawn_tee(info.clone(), eval_block)?;
162                            let tee = IoTee::new(stderr, tee_thread);
163                            match stack.stderr() {
164                                OutDest::Pipe | OutDest::PipeSeparate | OutDest::Value => {
165                                    child.stderr = Some(ChildPipe::Tee(Box::new(tee)));
166                                    Ok(None)
167                                }
168                                OutDest::Null => copy_on_thread(tee, io::sink(), &info).map(Some),
169                                OutDest::Print | OutDest::Inherit => {
170                                    copy_on_thread(tee, io::stderr(), &info).map(Some)
171                                }
172                                OutDest::File(file) => {
173                                    copy_on_thread(tee, file.clone(), &info).map(Some)
174                                }
175                            }?
176                        } else {
177                            None
178                        };
179
180                        if let Some(stdout) = child.stdout.take() {
181                            match stack.stdout() {
182                                OutDest::Pipe | OutDest::PipeSeparate | OutDest::Value => {
183                                    child.stdout = Some(stdout);
184                                    Ok(())
185                                }
186                                OutDest::Null => copy_pipe(stdout, io::sink(), &info),
187                                OutDest::Print | OutDest::Inherit => {
188                                    copy_pipe(stdout, io::stdout(), &info)
189                                }
190                                OutDest::File(file) => copy_pipe(stdout, file.as_ref(), &info),
191                            }?;
192                        }
193
194                        stderr_thread
195                    } else {
196                        let stderr_thread = if let Some(stderr) = child.stderr.take() {
197                            let info = info.clone();
198                            match stack.stderr() {
199                                OutDest::Pipe | OutDest::PipeSeparate | OutDest::Value => {
200                                    child.stderr = Some(stderr);
201                                    Ok(None)
202                                }
203                                OutDest::Null => {
204                                    copy_pipe_on_thread(stderr, io::sink(), &info).map(Some)
205                                }
206                                OutDest::Print | OutDest::Inherit => {
207                                    copy_pipe_on_thread(stderr, io::stderr(), &info).map(Some)
208                                }
209                                OutDest::File(file) => {
210                                    copy_pipe_on_thread(stderr, file.clone(), &info).map(Some)
211                                }
212                            }?
213                        } else {
214                            None
215                        };
216
217                        if let Some(stdout) = child.stdout.take() {
218                            let tee_thread = spawn_tee(info.clone(), eval_block)?;
219                            let tee = IoTee::new(stdout, tee_thread);
220                            match stack.stdout() {
221                                OutDest::Pipe | OutDest::PipeSeparate | OutDest::Value => {
222                                    child.stdout = Some(ChildPipe::Tee(Box::new(tee)));
223                                    Ok(())
224                                }
225                                OutDest::Null => copy(tee, io::sink(), &info),
226                                OutDest::Print | OutDest::Inherit => copy(tee, io::stdout(), &info),
227                                OutDest::File(file) => copy(tee, file.as_ref(), &info),
228                            }?;
229                        }
230
231                        stderr_thread
232                    };
233
234                    if child.stdout.is_some() || child.stderr.is_some() {
235                        Ok(PipelineData::byte_stream(
236                            ByteStream::child(*child, span),
237                            metadata,
238                        ))
239                    } else {
240                        if let Some(thread) = stderr_thread {
241                            thread.join().unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(panic_error()))?;
242                        }
243                        child.wait()?;
244                        Ok(PipelineData::empty())
245                    }
246                }
247            }
248        } else {
249            if use_stderr {
250                return stderr_misuse(input.span().unwrap_or(head), head);
251            }
252
253            let metadata = input.metadata();
254            let metadata_clone = metadata.clone();
255
256            if let PipelineData::ListStream(..) = input {
257                // Only use the iterator implementation on lists / list streams. We want to be able
258                // to preserve errors as much as possible, and only the stream implementations can
259                // really do that
260                let signals = engine_state.signals().clone();
261
262                Ok(tee(input.into_iter(), move |rx| {
263                    let input = rx.into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(span, signals, metadata_clone);
264                    eval_block(input)
265                })
266                .map_err(&from_io_error)?
267                .map(move |result| result.unwrap_or_else(|err| Value::error(err, closure_span)))
268                .into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(
269                    span,
270                    engine_state.signals().clone(),
271                    metadata,
272                ))
273            } else {
274                // Otherwise, we can spawn a thread with the input value, but we have nowhere to
275                // send an error to other than just trying to print it to stderr.
276                let value = input.into_value(span)?;
277                let value_clone = value.clone();
278                tee_once(stack.clone(), engine_state_arc, move || {
279                    eval_block(value_clone.into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(metadata_clone))
280                })
281                .map_err(&from_io_error)?;
282                Ok(value.into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(metadata))
283            }
284        }
285    }
286
287    fn pipe_redirection(&self) -> (Option<OutDest>, Option<OutDest>) {
288        (Some(OutDest::PipeSeparate), Some(OutDest::PipeSeparate))
289    }
290}
291
292fn panic_error() -> ShellError {
293    ShellError::NushellFailed {
294        msg: "A panic occurred on a thread spawned by `tee`".into(),
295    }
296}
297
298/// Copies the iterator to a channel on another thread. If an error is produced on that thread,
299/// it is embedded in the resulting iterator as an `Err` as soon as possible. When the iterator
300/// finishes, it waits for the other thread to finish, also handling any error produced at that
301/// point.
302fn tee<T, I: Iterator<Item = T>>(
303    input: I,
304    with_cloned_stream: impl FnOnce(mpsc::Receiver<T>) -> Result<(), ShellError> + Send + 'static,
305) -> Result<TeeIterator<I>, std::io::Error>
306where
307    T: Clone + Send + 'static,
308{
309    // For sending the values to the other thread
310    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
311
312    Ok(TeeIterator {
313        thread: Some(
314            thread::Builder::new()
315                .name("tee".into())
316                .spawn(move || with_cloned_stream(rx))?,
317        ),
318        iter: input.into_iter(),
319        tx: Some(tx),
320    })
321}
322
323struct TeeIterator<I: Iterator> {
324    thread: Option<JoinHandle<Result<(), ShellError>>>,
325    iter: I,
326    tx: Option<Sender<I::Item>>,
327}
328
329impl<I> Iterator for TeeIterator<I>
330where
331    I: Iterator,
332    I::Item: Clone,
333{
334    type Item = Result<I::Item, ShellError>;
335
336    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
337        if self.thread.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| t.is_finished()) {
338            // Check for an error from the other thread
339            let result = self
340                .thread
341                .take()
342                .expect("thread was taken early")
343                .join()
344                .unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(panic_error()));
345            if let Err(err) = result {
346                // Embed the error early
347                return Some(Err(err));
348            }
349        }
350
351        // Get a value from the iterator
352        if let Some(value) = self.iter.next() {
353            // Send a copy, ignoring any error if the channel is closed
354            let _ = self.tx.as_ref().map(|tx| tx.send(value.clone()));
355            Some(Ok(value))
356        } else {
357            // Close the channel so the stream ends for the other thread
358            drop(self.tx.take());
359            // Wait for the other thread, and embed any error produced
360            self.thread.take().and_then(|t| {
361                t.join()
362                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(panic_error()))
363                    .err()
364                    .map(Err)
365            })
366        }
367    }
368}
369
370impl<I: Iterator> Drop for TeeIterator<I> {
371    fn drop(&mut self) {
372        // in case the iterator is dropped without consuming all the input,
373        // and the channel is still alive we need to force consume all the input
374        // otherwise the data will be truncated
375        if let Some(tx) = &mut self.tx {
376            for value in &mut self.iter {
377                // Send the input, if the channel is closed, just stop
378                if tx.send(value).is_err() {
379                    break;
380                }
381            }
382        }
383    }
384}
385
386/// "tee" for a single value. No stream handling, just spawns a thread, printing any resulting error
387fn tee_once(
388    stack: Stack,
389    engine_state: Arc<EngineState>,
390    on_thread: impl FnOnce() -> Result<(), ShellError> + Send + 'static,
391) -> Result<JoinHandle<()>, std::io::Error> {
392    thread::Builder::new().name("tee".into()).spawn(move || {
393        if let Err(err) = on_thread() {
394            report_shell_error(Some(&stack), &engine_state, &err);
395        }
396    })
397}
398
399fn stderr_misuse<T>(span: Span, head: Span) -> Result<T, ShellError> {
400    Err(ShellError::UnsupportedInput {
401        msg: "--stderr can only be used on external commands".into(),
402        input: "the input to `tee` is not an external command".into(),
403        msg_span: head,
404        input_span: span,
405    })
406}
407
408struct IoTee<R: Read> {
409    reader: R,
410    sender: Option<Sender<Vec<u8>>>,
411    thread: Option<JoinHandle<Result<(), ShellError>>>,
412}
413
414impl<R: Read> IoTee<R> {
415    fn new(reader: R, tee: TeeThread) -> Self {
416        Self {
417            reader,
418            sender: Some(tee.sender),
419            thread: Some(tee.thread),
420        }
421    }
422}
423
424impl<R: Read> Read for IoTee<R> {
425    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
426        if let Some(thread) = self.thread.take() {
427            if thread.is_finished() {
428                if let Err(err) = thread.join().unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(panic_error())) {
429                    return Err(io::Error::other(err));
430                }
431            } else {
432                self.thread = Some(thread)
433            }
434        }
435        let len = self.reader.read(buf)?;
436        if len == 0 {
437            self.sender = None;
438            if let Some(thread) = self.thread.take()
439                && let Err(err) = thread.join().unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(panic_error()))
440            {
441                return Err(io::Error::other(err));
442            }
443        } else if let Some(sender) = self.sender.as_mut()
444            && sender.send(buf[..len].to_vec()).is_err()
445        {
446            self.sender = None;
447        }
448        Ok(len)
449    }
450}
451
452struct TeeThread {
453    sender: Sender<Vec<u8>>,
454    thread: JoinHandle<Result<(), ShellError>>,
455}
456
457fn spawn_tee(
458    info: StreamInfo,
459    mut eval_block: impl FnMut(PipelineData) -> Result<(), ShellError> + Send + 'static,
460) -> Result<TeeThread, ShellError> {
461    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
462
463    let thread = thread::Builder::new()
464        .name("tee".into())
465        .spawn(move || {
466            // We use Signals::empty() here because we assume there already is a Signals on the other side
467            let stream = ByteStream::from_iter(
468                receiver.into_iter(),
469                info.span,
470                Signals::empty(),
471                info.type_,
472            );
473            eval_block(PipelineData::byte_stream(stream, info.metadata))
474        })
475        .map_err(|err| {
476            IoError::new_with_additional_context(err, info.span, None, "Could not spawn tee")
477        })?;
478
479    Ok(TeeThread { sender, thread })
480}
481
482#[derive(Clone)]
483struct StreamInfo {
484    span: Span,
485    signals: Signals,
486    type_: ByteStreamType,
487    metadata: Option<PipelineMetadata>,
488}
489
490fn copy(src: impl Read, dest: impl Write, info: &StreamInfo) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
491    copy_with_signals(src, dest, info.span, &info.signals)?;
492    Ok(())
493}
494
495#[cfg(feature = "os")]
496fn copy_pipe(pipe: ChildPipe, dest: impl Write, info: &StreamInfo) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
497    match pipe {
498        ChildPipe::Pipe(pipe) => copy(pipe, dest, info),
499        ChildPipe::Tee(tee) => copy(tee, dest, info),
500    }
501}
502
503fn copy_on_thread(
504    src: impl Read + Send + 'static,
505    dest: impl Write + Send + 'static,
506    info: &StreamInfo,
507) -> Result<JoinHandle<Result<(), ShellError>>, ShellError> {
508    let span = info.span;
509    let signals = info.signals.clone();
510    thread::Builder::new()
511        .name("stderr copier".into())
512        .spawn(move || {
513            copy_with_signals(src, dest, span, &signals)?;
514            Ok(())
515        })
516        .map_err(|err| {
517            IoError::new_with_additional_context(err, span, None, "Could not spawn stderr copier")
518                .into()
519        })
520}
521
522#[cfg(feature = "os")]
523fn copy_pipe_on_thread(
524    pipe: ChildPipe,
525    dest: impl Write + Send + 'static,
526    info: &StreamInfo,
527) -> Result<JoinHandle<Result<(), ShellError>>, ShellError> {
528    match pipe {
529        ChildPipe::Pipe(pipe) => copy_on_thread(pipe, dest, info),
530        ChildPipe::Tee(tee) => copy_on_thread(tee, dest, info),
531    }
532}
533
534#[test]
535fn tee_copies_values_to_other_thread_and_passes_them_through() {
536    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
537
538    let expected_values = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
539
540    let my_result = tee(expected_values.clone().into_iter(), move |rx| {
541        for val in rx {
542            let _ = tx.send(val);
543        }
544        Ok(())
545    })
546    .expect("io error")
547    .collect::<Result<Vec<i32>, ShellError>>()
548    .expect("should not produce error");
549
550    assert_eq!(expected_values, my_result);
551
552    let other_threads_result = rx.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
553
554    assert_eq!(expected_values, other_threads_result);
555}
556
557#[test]
558fn tee_forwards_errors_back_immediately() {
559    use std::time::Duration;
560    let slow_input = (0..100).inspect(|_| std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)));
561    let iter = tee(slow_input, |_| {
562        Err(ShellError::Io(IoError::new_with_additional_context(
563            shell_error::io::ErrorKind::from_std(std::io::ErrorKind::Other),
564            Span::test_data(),
565            None,
566            "test",
567        )))
568    })
569    .expect("io error");
570    for result in iter {
571        if let Ok(val) = result {
572            // should not make it to the end
573            assert!(val < 99, "the error did not come early enough");
574        } else {
575            // got the error
576            return;
577        }
578    }
579    panic!("never received the error");
580}
581
582#[test]
583fn tee_waits_for_the_other_thread() {
584    use std::sync::{
585        Arc,
586        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
587    };
588    use std::time::Duration;
589    let waited = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
590    let waited_clone = waited.clone();
591    let iter = tee(0..100, move |_| {
592        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
593        waited_clone.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
594        Err(ShellError::Io(IoError::new_with_additional_context(
595            shell_error::io::ErrorKind::from_std(std::io::ErrorKind::Other),
596            Span::test_data(),
597            None,
598            "test",
599        )))
600    })
601    .expect("io error");
602    let last = iter.last();
603    assert!(waited.load(Ordering::Relaxed), "failed to wait");
604    assert!(
605        last.is_some_and(|res| res.is_err()),
606        "failed to return error from wait"
607    );
608}
609
610// avoid regression for bug https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/17792
611#[test]
612fn tee_output_is_ignored_but_other_thread_get_values() {
613    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
614
615    let input = 0u32..100u32;
616    let expected_values: Vec<_> = input.clone().collect();
617
618    let my_result = tee(input, move |rx| {
619        for val in rx {
620            let _ = tx.send(val);
621        }
622        Ok(())
623    })
624    .expect("io error")
625    // don't take all values, just the first 2
626    .take(2)
627    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, ShellError>>()
628    .expect("should not produce error");
629
630    // tee was only able to output 2 entries, the others where ignored by us
631    assert_eq!(expected_values[0..my_result.len()], my_result);
632
633    let other_threads_result = rx.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
634
635    // although tee only was able to output 2 values, the inner closure should
636    // receive all the values from the input
637    assert_eq!(expected_values, other_threads_result);
638}
639
640#[test]
641fn tee_other_thread_ignore_values_but_output_all_others() {
642    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
643
644    let input = 0u32..100u32;
645    let expected_values: Vec<_> = input.clone().collect();
646
647    let my_result = tee(input, move |rx| {
648        for val in rx {
649            let _ = tx.send(val);
650        }
651        Ok(())
652    })
653    .expect("io error")
654    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, ShellError>>()
655    .expect("should not produce error");
656
657    // tee is expect to output all values
658    assert_eq!(expected_values, my_result);
659
660    // the other thread will consume only two values
661    let other_threads_result = rx.into_iter().take(2).collect::<Vec<_>>();
662    assert_eq!(expected_values[0..2], other_threads_result);
663}