DotCon

DotCon is a lightweight library that provides a simple and consistent interface for executing shell commands in various terminal environments. It follows the Factory Method design pattern to create terminal instances based on different shells (Bash, Cmd, PowerShell, Zsh).

Table of Contents

• Features
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Usage
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

Features

• Execute shell commands synchronously and asynchronously.
• Capture the output of executed commands.
• Run script actions by parsing and executing corresponding shell commands.
• Configure terminal options such as redirecting standard output, using shell execution, and creating no window.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 7.0 SDK or later

Installation

You can add the DotCon library to your .NET project using the following methods:

Package Manager Console

dotnet add package DotCon --version 8.2.0

Or download/ clone the project and run the RunDocker.sh file, which will start up a conatiner with the classlib added to a console application.

Usage

Creating a Terminal Instance

To create a terminal instance, you can use one of the following methods:

1. Create a terminal instance using one of the available shell options.
2. Execute shell commands or run script actions using the terminal instance.

Terminal.UseBashShell();
Terminal.UseCmdShell();
Terminal.UsePowershellShell();
Terminal.UseZshShell();

Or

Terminal.UseBashShell(options =>
{
    // Configure terminal options
});

Run terminal commands or store script to be run at a later time with the Execute methods.

string output = terminal.Run("ls -la");

string output = await terminal.RunAsync("ls -la");

string output = terminal.ExecuteScript("myScript");

string output = await terminal.ExecuteScriptAsync("myScript");

Try to run commands in the terminal with a similer syntax to the TryParse

Terminal terminal = Terminal.UseBashShell();

string output;
bool success = terminal.TryRun("ls -la", out output);

if (success)
{
    // Handle successful
}
else
{
    // Handle execution error
    Console.WriteLine($"Error: {output}");
}