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Automation

There are few ways to automate the usage of the Terminal.

Executing Commands​

You can execute a command just like the user typed a command:

const term = $('body').terminal({
  echo(arg) {
      this.echo(arg.toUpperCase());
  }
});

term.exec('echo hello');

this will show the output:

> echo hello
HELLO

Just as user typed this command, it will show the prompt and command. Internaly this is called "echo command". You can also exeucute the command but don't show the command that you executed (without echo command).

const term = $('body').terminal();

term.exec('echo hello', true);

This will output just text:

HELLO

The second argument can also be an object with option:

const term = $('body').terminal();

term.exec('command', { silent: true });

This is needed when using animation, where you need to put more options. The boolean silent parameter is an old API, but to not creating a breaking change the old behavior is supported together with object.

Echo Command Without Execution​

You can also just echo the command without executing the command.

const term = $('body').terminal();

term.enter('command');

Invoking Shortcuts​