Cron replacement in NodeJS, made for humans.
.jobs files look like this;
echo `date '+%d %h %H:%M'` > /tmp/now # => 1 second
echo "Hello World" # => 5 seconds
echo "Hello Kitty" # => 4 hoursAnd runs like this;
$ npm install -g shell-jobsCreate a new file and call it new.jobs
echo "every 3.5 hours" >> /tmp/logs # => 3 hours 30 seconds
echo "every 5 minutes" >> /tmp/logs # => 5 minutes
echo "this is a new day!" # comments here are ok. => 24 hours
echo "every 4 weeks" >> /tmp/logs # => 4 weeksThen run it;
$ shell-jobs new.jobs # globbing enabledProcess outputs are hidden by default. Use --out to print the stdout of certain jobs;
$ shell-jobs new.jobs -o 3 # will be printing the stdout of the third job 'echo "this is a new day!"'Wanna run it as a daemon on the background?
$ shell-jobs new.jobs -d
USAGE
shell-jobs [files] [options]
OPTIONS
-d --daemon Run as daemon on the background.
-s --stop Stop the running daemon.
-o --out Show outputs from the commands at specified index(es). e.g -o 0, 2, 3
-v --version Show version and exit
-h --help Show help and exit
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