AllRun

CLI substitute for sh -c 'cmd1 & cmd2 & ...'
Works with linux, MacOS and Windows.

Execute multiple commands in parallel.
Use ctrl+c to terminate them.

Optionally

• first one finished terminates the rest
• log process ids, termination events and durations

No dependencies!

Installation

npm i -g allrun

Synopsis

Synopsis
   usage: allcmd [-k] [-v] <command>[ <argument>] [-- <command>[ <argument>]]
   usage: allnpm [-k] [-v] <script>[ <argument>] [-- <script>[ <argument>]]
   usage: allnode [-k] [-v] <file>[ <argument>] [-- <file>[ <argument>]]

Options:
   -k The first finished process terminates the rest
   -v Print process ids, termination events and runtime durations

Example:
   allcmd -kv sleep 1 -- sleep 3

Notice how -- is used to separate commands.

Example usage

Parallel CLI commands

Run two parallel cli commands in verbose mode

allcmd -v sleep 3 -- sleep 1 
Spawned [24480] sleep  [ '3' ]
Spawned [24481] sleep  [ '1' ]
Process [24481] terminated after 1012ms
Process [24480] terminated after 3004ms

Same as before, now the first finished process terminates the rest.

allcmd -kv sleep 1 -- sleep 10 
Spawned [24441] sleep  [ '10' ]
Spawned [24442] sleep  [ '1' ]
Process [24442] terminated after 1006ms
Process [24441] terminated after 1008ms

Parallel Node scripts

allnode script.js "with a single argument" -- ./another/script.js with multiple arguments

Parallel npm scripts

A local installation might be more suitable using npm i -D allrun.

Assuming you have two long running npm scripts you want to run in parallel.

allnpm build-watch -- test-watch

Example use in your package.json

"script": {
  "build-watch": "your watching build script",
  "test-watch": "your watching test script",
  "watch": "allnpm build-watch -- test-watch"
}