Record and play back pipes.
Project description
pipevcr
Record and play back pipes. Similar to what script
does with the terminal but for pipes.
This can be used for debugging or testing where timing matters.
Usage
usage: pipevcr.py [-h] [-r] [-m MAX_PAUSE] FILE
pipevcr - the linux pipe recorder
positional arguments:
FILE data file
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-r, --record record pipe
-m MAX_PAUSE, --max-pause MAX_PAUSE
max pause time between outputs in ms
You record a pipe with -r
, e.g.:
(echo start; sleep 1; echo continue; sleep 1; echo end) | pipevcr -r test.vcr
And play it back with:
pipevcr test.vcr
If you want to speed it up you may set the max wait time for pauses:
pipevcr -m 300 test.vcr
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