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swordfish-rs

Typing effect cli tool for screencasts and demos

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  1. 💬 Describe what you are doing
  2. ⚡️ Run any terminal command and get their outputs to screen
  3. 🤖 Reproducible steps - iterate on the screenplay file till perfection
  4. 😎 Mimics real person behavior with realtime typing into terminal

Swordfish hack scene

Demo

Example screenplay.yaml file:

- !clear
# - !turbo {by: 3}
- !write {msec: 0, color: green, text:  "$ "}
- !write {msec: 20, text:    "i am going to list this dir"}
- !wait {msec: 1000}
- !erase {msec: 20, by_chars: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx }
- !wait {msec: 1000}
- !write {msec: 20, text: ls}
- !wait {msec: 1000}
- !execute {line: ls -la}
- !wait {msec: 3000}
- !write {msec: 1000, color: green, text:  "$ "}
- !write {msec: 20, text: "bye, press any key..."}
- !pause

Running swordfish screenplay.yaml:

demo

Quick start

  1. Install:
cargo install swordfish-rs

Requires Rust on your machine, get it from https://rustup.rs

or download a binary

  1. Create this getting started screenplay file as getting_started.yaml:
- !clear
- !prompt {color: green, text:  "$"}
- !write {msec: 20, text: "swordfish reads screenplay files, in yaml format"}
- !wait {msec: 2000}
- !erase {msec: 20, amount: 1000 }
- !wait {msec: 1000}
- !write {msec: 20, text: "it contains a list of commands, each command can have parameters that control it"}
- !wait {msec: 2000}
- !new_line
- !write {msec: 20, text: "that's it"}
- !new_line
  1. Run swordfish
swordfish getting_started.yaml

Commands

The following commands are available, written with ! before the command name, for example !clear.

clear

Clear screen command.

erase

Erase characters to the left.

Argument Type Description
amount (optional) String the amount of backspaces
by_chars (optional) String the amount of backspace is determined by the length of the provided text
msec Integer delay between individual backspaces in millisecs

Use either amount or by_chars or both.

execute

Execute shell commands or other applications and show their output.

Argument Type Description
line String command line to execute, respects quoted arguments

The output is presented, while the executed command itself will not show.

new_line

Simulate user's ENTER.

pause

Pause before next command and wait for user input (any key...)

prompt

Prompt specify a constant text that is shown after every execute and cis not affected by erase.

Argument Type Description
text String the prompt text
color (optional) String text's color: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white or a brighter variant, for example bright_red

title

Sets the terminal window title.

Argument Type Description
text String the text to use for the terminal window title

turbo

Speed everything, useful when iterating over the screenplay.

Argument Type Description
by Integer Speed everything by this factor

wait

Pauses execution for the specified time, then contrinues.

Argument Type Description
msec Integer delay before next command in millisecs

write

Write text to the terminal.

Argument Type Description
text String the text to type in the terminal, each character will be entered one by one with some delay
msec Integer delay between typed chars in millisecs
color (optional) String text's color: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white or a brighter variant, for example bright_red