InstanceGenerator

Installing

Windows:

This is only designed for MacOS and any linux distros that support bash, which is most of them, including Ubuntu and Arch Linux

MacOS

1. Open terminal
   • Press space + ⌘, then type terminal, and press enter,
2. once it's open, type git clone https://github.com/editid0/InstanceGenerator
3. once it's finished downloading, use cd InstanceGenerator, and you can run the script

Linux

(this is via ssh, if you're using a GUI, then open terminal and continue)

With git:

1. Run git clone https://github.com/editid0/InstanceGenerator
2. Then run cd InstanceGenerator, and you can run the script

Without git:

If you are able to install git, do it with the following command:

Debian based OS

sudo apt install git -y

RPM based OS, including Fedora, CentOS and RHEL

sudo dnf install git-all

Once installed, then run as if you have git

Usage

InstanceGenerator.sh <number if instances> <file> <name> [start command (defaults to python3.8)]

Examples:

Python file:

InstanceGenerator.sh 3 main.py Web_Server python3 (This runs main.py 3 times, running as python3 main.py <instance number -1>, and creating 3 screen instances) The invokes look like:

• python3 main.py 0
• python3 main.py 1
• python3 main.py 2

NodeJS

InstanceGenerator.sh 3 index.js Web_Server node (This runs index.js 3 times, running as node index.js <instance number -1>, and creating 3 screen instances) The invokes look like:

• node index.js 0
• node index.js 1
• node index.js 2

Swift

InstanceGenerator.sh 3 main.swift Hello_World swift (This runs main.swift 3 times, running as swift main.swift <instance number -1>, and creating 3 screen instances) The invokes look like:

• swift main.swift 0
• swift main.swift 1
• swift main.swift 2