howtos:toolcoding:tool_shell_scripts
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| * look() - shows what is in the current directory optionally a string can be provided to filter the results | * look() - shows what is in the current directory optionally a string can be provided to filter the results | ||
| + | **TIP:** In the interactive TOOL window hit <Ctrl> and the up arrow key to get the previous command to save typing | ||
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| Suppose you wanted to test some code in a script which required building a shaped object (with an informant from your model called canReg) running a couple of tools and then showing the result with table. Here's one example of how to use interactive TOOL and a tool script to do that. | Suppose you wanted to test some code in a script which required building a shaped object (with an informant from your model called canReg) running a couple of tools and then showing the result with table. Here's one example of how to use interactive TOOL and a tool script to do that. | ||
| - | - Make a sub directory in your model account (can also be done in a user account depending on what you want to do) to hold your test script and any data it may create | + | * Make a sub directory in your model account (can also be done in a user account depending on what you want to do) to hold your test script and any data it may create |
| - | - In that directory write your script text file (myScript.t) just as you would any other piece of tool code (most similar to view writing): | + | * In that directory write your script text file (myScript.t) just as you would any other piece of tool code (most similar to view writing): |
| <file> | <file> | ||
| informant canReg[] | informant canReg[] | ||
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| table (myStockTot[ts]) | table (myStockTot[ts]) | ||
| </file> | </file> | ||
| - | - Launch interactive TOOL - find it under Start/All Programs/whatIf/TOOL | + | * Launch interactive TOOL - find it under Start/All Programs/whatIf/TOOL |
| - | - Login as your model account | + | * Login as your model account |
| - | - Check where you are and move to the directory you created above: | + | * Check where you are and move to the directory you created above: |
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| + | **TIP:** In the interactive TOOL window hit <Ctrl> and the up arrow key to get the previous command to save typing | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
| TOOL> where() | TOOL> where() | ||
| TOOL> look() | TOOL> look() | ||
| TOOL> moveto("the appropriate path to your testing directory") | TOOL> moveto("the appropriate path to your testing directory") | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | * Make sure your $informDir points to the model informants you wish to use. | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | TOOL> showenv() | ||
| + | TOOL> $informPath = "full path to model's informants directory" | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | * Look to see that your script exists in the current directory if not check where you are and that the file actually does exist where you think it should! | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | TOOL> look() | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | * Run your script: | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | TOOL> tool -l myScript.t | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | You can modify your script with a text editor and save it and then re-run it in the same TOOL session. | ||
howtos/toolcoding/tool_shell_scripts.txt · Last modified: 2011/05/13 12:27 by shona.weldon
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