c8y(1)

📦 version 2.56.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 c8y(1) — util repeat 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to c8y(1), specifically the manual page for c8y-util-repeat. This is the repeat tool. It repeats stuff. Iconic behavior, honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

c8y-util-repeat — repeat input. That's the assignment. Slay.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

c8y util repeat [flags]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Generic utility to repeat input values x times. Lowkey simple, highkey useful. Periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

--first=0 — only include first x lines. 0 = all lines.
--format="%s" — format string to be applied to each input line.
-h, --help[=false] — help for repeat.
--infinite[=false] — repeat infinitely. You will need to Ctrl+C it to stop it.
--input="" — input value to be repeated (required) (accepts pipeline).
--max=1 — max number of (randomized) times to repeat the input (inclusive). 0 = no output.
--min=1 — min number of (randomized) times to repeat the input (inclusive).
--offset=0 — offset the output index counter. default = 0.
--randomDelayMax="0ms" — random maximum delay after each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s. It must be >= randomDelayMin. 0 = disabled.
--randomDelayMin="0ms" — random minimum delay after each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s. It must be less than randomDelayMax. 0 = disabled.
--randomSkip=-1 — randomly skip line based on a percentage, probability as a float: 0 to 1, 1 = always skip, 0 = never skip, -1 = disabled.
--skip=0 — skip first x input lines.
--times=1 — number of times to repeat the input.
--useLineCount[=false] — use line count for the index instead of repeat counter.

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

--abortOnErrors=10 — abort batch when reaching specified number of errors.
--allowEmptyPipe[=false] — don't fail when piped input is empty (stdin).
--cache[=false] — enable cached responses.
--cacheBodyPaths=[] — cache should limit hashing of selected paths in the json body. Empty indicates all values.
--cacheTTL="60s" — cache time-to-live (TTL) as a duration, i.e. 60s, 2m.
-c, --compact[=false] — compact instead of pretty-printed output when using json output. Pretty print is the default if output is the terminal.
--confirm[=false] — prompt for confirmation.
--confirmText="" — custom confirmation text.
--currentPage=0 — current page which should be returned.
--customQueryParam=[] — add custom URL query parameters. i.e. --customQueryParam 'withCustomOption=true,myOtherOption=myvalue'.
--debug[=false] — set very verbose log messages.
--delay="0ms" — delay after each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s.
--delayBefore="0ms" — delay before each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s.
--dry[=false] — dry run. Don't send any data to the server.
--dryFormat="markdown" — dry run output format. i.e. json, dump, markdown or curl.
--examples[=false] — show examples for the current command.
--filter=[] — apply a client side filter to response before returning it to the user.
--flatten[=false] — flatten json output by replacing nested json properties with properties where their names are represented by dot notation.
-f, --force[=false] — do not prompt for confirmation. Ignored when using --confirm.
-H, --header=[] — custom headers. i.e. --header "Accept: value, AnotherHeader: myvalue".
--includeAll[=false] — include all results by iterating through each page.
-k, --insecure[=false] — allow insecure server connections when using SSL.
-l, --logMessage="" — add custom message to the activity log.
--maxJobs=0 — maximum number of jobs. 0 = unlimited (use with caution!).
--noAccept[=false] — ignore Accept header will remove the Accept header from requests, however PUT and POST requests will only see the effect.
--noCache[=false] — force disabling of cached responses (overwrites cache setting).
-M, --noColor[=false] — don't use colors when displaying log entries on the console.
--noLog[=false] — disables the activity log for the current command.
--noProgress[=false] — disable progress bars.
--noProxy[=false] — ignore the proxy settings.
-n, --nullInput[=false] — don't read the input (stdin). Useful if using in shell for/while loops.
-o, --output="table" — output format i.e. table, json, csv, csvheader.
--outputFile="" — save JSON output to file (after select/view).
--outputFileRaw="" — save raw response to file (before select/view).
--outputTemplate="" — jsonnet template to apply to the output.
-p, --pageSize=5 — maximum results per page.
--progress[=false] — show progress bar. This will also disable any other verbose output.
--proxy="" — proxy setting, i.e. http://10.0.0.1:8080.
-r, --raw[=false] — show raw response. This mode will force output=json and view=off.
--retries=3 — max number of attempts when a failed http call is encountered.
--select=[] — comma separated list of properties to return. wildcards and globstar accepted, i.e. --select 'id,name,type,**.serialNumber'.
--session="" — session configuration.
--sessionMode="" — override default session mode for a single command which would normally be disabled.
-P, --sessionPassword="" — override session password.
-U, --sessionUsername="" — override session username. i.e. peter or t1234/peter (with tenant).
--silentExit[=false] — silent status codes do not affect the exit code.
--silentStatusCodes="" — status codes which will not print out an error message.
--timeout="600s" — request timeout duration, i.e. 60s, 2m.
--totalPages=0 — total number of pages to get.
-v, --verbose[=false] — verbose logging.
--view="auto" — use views when displaying data on the terminal. Disable using --view off.
--withError[=false] — errors will be printed on stdout instead of stderr.
--withTotalElements[=false] — request Cumulocity to include the total elements in the response statistics under .statistics.totalElements (introduced in 10.13).
-t, --withTotalPages[=false] — request Cumulocity to include the total pages in the response statistics under .statistics.totalPages.
--workers=1 — number of workers.

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

okay these are the examples, bestie. Run them exactly, no cap.

Repeat input value "my name" 5 times:

$ c8y util repeat 5 --input "my name"

Repeat input value "my name" 2 times (using pipeline):

$ echo "my name" | c8y util repeat 2 --format "my prefix - %s"
     => my prefix - my name
     => my prefix - my name

Repeat input value "device" 2 times (using pipeline):

$ echo "device" | c8y util repeat 2 --offset 100 --format "%s %05s"
     => device 00101
     => device 00102

Use repeat to create an infinite loop, to check the health of a microservice waiting 1 seconds after each request:

$ c8y util repeat --infinite | c8y api --url "/service/report-agent/health" --raw --delay 1s

Combine two calls to iterate over 3 devices twice. This can then be used to input into other c8y commands:

$ echo "device" | c8y util repeat 2 | c8y util repeat 3 --format "%s_%s"
     => device_1
     => device_2
     => device_3
     => device_1
     => device_2
     => device_3

Get a device, then repeat it 5 times in order to create 5 events for it (delaying 1000 ms between each event creation):

$ c8y devices get --id 1235 | c8y util repeat 5 | c8y events create --text "test event" --type "myType" --dry --delay 1000ms

Create 10 events for the same device and use a random delay between 1000ms and 10000ms between the creation of each event:

$ c8y devices get --id 1234 | c8y util repeat 5 --randomDelayMin 1000ms --randomDelayMax 10000ms -v | c8y events create --text "test event" --type "myType"

Print "test" 5 times waiting between 0s and 10s after each line:

$ echo "test" | c8y util repeat 5 --randomDelayMax 10000ms -v

Print "test" 5 times waiting exactly 5 seconds after each line:

$ echo "test" | c8y util repeat 5 --randomDelayMin 5s -v

Print "test" a random number of times, between 1 to 10 times (inclusive):

$ echo "test" | c8y util repeat --min 1 --max 10

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

c8y-util(1)

That's the whole c8y(1) manual, bestie — Jan 1980 edition. Go repeat something iconic 💅✨

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