# Spawn a task to run in the background, even when the shell is closed.
#
# Note that a fresh Nushell interpreter is spawned to execute the
# given task, so it won't inherit the current scope's variables,
# custom commands and alias definitions.
#
# It will only inherit environment variables which can be converted to a string.
#
# Note that the closure can't take arguments.
#
# Example usage: task spawn { echo "Hello, World!" }
export def spawn [
command: closure # The closure to run.
--working-directory (-w): directory # Specify the working directory the task will be run in.
--immediate (-i) # Immediately start the task.
--stashed (-s) # Create the task in Stashed state. Useful to avoid immediate execution if the queue is empty
--delay (-d): duration # Queue the task for execution only after the duration.
--group (-g): string # The group to spawn the task under.
--after (-a): int # Start the task once all specified tasks have successfully finished. As soon as one of the dependencies fails, this task will fail as well.
--priority (-o): string # Start this task with a higher priority. The higher the number, the faster it will be processed.
--label (-l): string # Label the task. This string will be shown in the `status` column of `task status`.
# Running or paused tasks need to be killed first.
export def remove [
...ids: int # IDs of the tasks to remove from the status list.
] {
pueue remove ...$ids
}
# Switches the queue position of two tasks.
# Only works for queued or stashed tasks.
export def switch [
task_id_1: int # The first task ID.
task_id_2: int # The second task ID.
] {
pueue switch $task_id_1 $task_id_2
}
# Stash a task that is not currently running.
#
# Stashed tasks won't be automatically started.
# You will have to queue them or start them by hand.
export def stash [
...ids: int # IDs of the tasks to stash.
] {
pueue stash ...$ids
}
# Queue stashed tasks for execution.
export def queue [
...ids: int # IDs of the tasks to queue.
--delay (-d): duration # Queue only after the specified delay.
] {
let args = if $delay != null {
["--delay" ($delay | format duration sec | parse '{secs} {_}' | get 0.secs)]
} else {
[]
}
pueue enqueue ...$args ...$ids
}
# Resume operation of specific tasks or groups of tasks.
#
# By default, this resumes the default group and all its tasks.
# It can also be used force-start specific tasks or start whole groups.
export def start [
...ids: int # IDs of the tasks to start. By default all the tasks in the default group will be started.
--group (-g): string # Resume a specific group and all paused tasks in it. The group will be set to running and its paused tasks will be resumed.
--all (-a) # Resume all groups. All groups will be set to running and paused tasks will be resumed.
] {
mut args = []
if $group != null {
$args = ($args | prepend ["--group" $group])
}
if $all {
$args = ($args | prepend "--all")
}
pueue start ...$args
}
# Restart failed or successful task(s).
#
# By default, identical tasks will be created and
# enqueued, but it's possible to restart in-place.
#
# You can also edit a few properties, such as
# the path and the command of the task, before restarting.
export def restart [
...ids: int # IDs of the tasks to restart.
--all-failed (-a) # Restart all failed tasks across all groups. Nice to use in combination with `--in-place/i`.
--failed-in-group (-g): string # Like `--all-failed`, but only restart tasks failed tasks of a specific group. The group will be set to running and its paused tasks will be resumed.
--start-immediately (-k) # Immediately start the tasks, no matter how many open slots there are. This will ignore any dependencies tasks may have.
--stashed (-s) # Set the restarted task to a "Stashed" state. Useful to avoid immediate execution.
--in-place (-i) # Restart the tasks by reusing the already existing tasks.
--not-in-place (-n) # Opposite of `--in-place`. This is already the default unless you have `restart_in_place` set to true.
--edit (-e) # Edit the tasks' commands before restarting
--edit-path (-p) # Edit the tasks' paths before restarting
--edit-label (-l) # Edit the tasks' labels before restarting
] {
mut args = []
if $all_failed {
$args = ($args | prepend "--all-failed")
}
if $failed_in_group != null {
$args = ($args | prepend "--failed-in-group")
}
if $start_immediately {
$args = ($args | prepend "--start-immediately")
}
if $stashed {
$args = ($args | prepend "--stashed")
}
if $in_place {
$args = ($args | prepend "--in-place")
}
if $not_in_place {
$args = ($args | prepend "--not-in-place")
}
if $edit {
$args = ($args | prepend "--edit")
}
if $edit_path {
$args = ($args | prepend "--edit-path")
}
if $edit_label {
$args = ($args | prepend "--edit-label")
}
pueue restart ...$args ...$ids
}
# Either pause a running tasks or a specific groups of tasks.
#
# By default, pauses the default group and all its tasks.
#
# A paused group won't start any new tasks automatically.
export def pause [
...ids: int # IDs of the tasks to pause.
--group (-g) # Pause a specific group
--all (-a) # Pause all groups.
--wait (-w) # Only pause the specified group and let already running tasks finish by themselves
] {
mut args = []
if $group != null {
$args = ($args | prepend "--group")
}
if $all != null {
$args = ($args | prepend "--all")
}
if $wait != null {
$args = ($args | prepend "--wait")
}
pueue pause ...$args ...$ids
}
# Kill specific running tasks or whole task groups.
#
# Kills all tasks of the default group when no ids or a specific group are provided.
export def kill [
...ids: int # IDs of the tasks to kill.
--group (-g): string # Kill all running tasks in a group. This also pauses the group.
--all (-a) # Kill all running tasks across ALL groups. This also pauses all groups.
--signal (-s): string # Send a UNIX signal instead of simply killing the process. DISCLAIMER: This bypasses Pueue's process handling logic! You might enter weird invalid states, use at your own descretion.
] {
mut args = []
if $group != null {
$args = ($args | prepend ["--group" $group])
}
if $all {
$args = ($args | prepend "--all")
}
if $signal != null {
$args = ($args | prepend ["--signal" $signal])
}
pueue kill ...$args ...$ids
}
# Send something to a task. Useful for sending confirmations such as "y\n".
export def send [
id: int # ID of the task to send something to.
input: string # The input that should be sent to the process.
] {
pueue send $id $input
}
# Edit the command, path or label of a stashed or queued task.
#
# By default only the command is edited.
#
# Multiple properties can be added in one go.
export def edit [
id: int # ID of the task to edit.
--command (-c) # Edit the task's command
--path (-p) # Edit the task's path
--label (-l) # Edit the task's label
] {
mut args = []
if $command {
$args = ($args | prepend "--command")
}
if $path {
$args = ($args | prepend "--path")
}
if $label {
$args = ($args | prepend "--label")
}
pueue edit ...$args $id
}
# Use this to add or remove groups.
#
# By default, this will simply display all known groups.
export def group [] {
pueue group --json | from json
}
# Create a new group with a name.
export def "group add" [
name: string # The name of the new group.
--parallel (-p): int # The amount of parallel tasks the group can run at one time.
] {
let args = if $parallel != null {
["--parallel" $parallel]
} else {
[]
}
pueue group add ...$args $name
}
# Remove a group with a name.
export def "group remove" [
name: string # The name of the group to be removed.
] {
pueue group remove $name
}
# Display the current status of all tasks.
export def status [
--detailed (-d) # Return a table with more detailed information.
] {
let output = (
pueue status --json
| from json
| get tasks
| transpose --ignore-titles status
| flatten
)
# TODO: Rename the Done column to done.
if not $detailed {
$output | select id label group Done? status? start? end?
} else {
$output
}
}
# Display the output of tasks.
#
# Only the last few lines will be shown by default for multiple tasks.
# If you want to follow the output, use `--tail/-t`.
export def log [
...ids: int # The tasks to check the outputs of.
--last (-l): int # Only print the last N lines of each task's output. This is done by default if you're looking at multiple tasks.
--tail (-t) # Follow the output as it is printing. Only works with 1 task. When used in conjunction with `--last`, the last N lines will be printed before starting to wait for output.
--detailed (-d) # Include all fields, don't simplify output.
] {
def process_raw [raw: string] {
let full = (
$raw
| from json
| transpose -i info
| flatten --all
| flatten --all
)
if $detailed {
$full
} else {
$full | select id label group Done? status? start? end?