Linux Server - No GUI - Add Background commands

Russ

@laakness, I wonder if this is what you're missing. You're running a script instead of a command in one of the folders in your PATH, so you have to specify the folder where the script lives. AND, because commands.json has to be in json format, you have to escape your forward slashes with backslashes. Here's the basic format. Notice the \'s

{"trigger":"My Awesome Script","command":"\/root\/coolscript.sh","ground":"background","voice":"awesome"},

laakness

@russ Thanks. That does help for the formatting of the command but what I'm asking is where do I actually configure that from a server with no GUI?

I tried to edit the commands.json but it gets overwritten once the service is restarted.

Where do I actually configure the commands, I'm not seeing it in the web and most of the examples on the site show the Windows GUI.

Russ

@laakness, I see. Your commands.json file will get over-written if it has bad json formatting in it. That's why I like the GUI because it handles the json formatting for you.

One common mistake that can mess up json is having a comma at the end of the last record.

If you copy/paste your json data here (before it gets over-written) I could probably spot the problem.

Or, you could use https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com to check your json.

laakness

@russ you are the man.

That was it, I was missing a comma. You'd think after working with kubernetes and yaml files all week I would have run it through a format validator

Nice work on this app btw.

Russ

Thanks @laakness. I'm learning Kubernetes myself.

I made this video showing it off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyvRFbHErJQ

This not only runs the process in background, also generates a log (called .... You put a command in the background by adding & after the command: ... bad connection to the server

Russ

@asussupport, please clarify. Are you getting an error?

How do I run a program in the background of a shell, with the ability to close the shell while leaving the program running? Lets say my UI is having problems or for some reason, I need to boot up a program from the terminal window???

Russ

@asussupport, take a look at the screen program. That might be what you're looking for. Otherwise, please tell me more about what you're trying to accomplish.

fhcat9

Hi, I run into the same problem today. I tried to edit the file named linuxcommands.json, it is under /usr/lib/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src. I added a command, but I am not seeing it on my command list. Here is my file:
[
{"trigger":"Reboot","command":"shutdown -r","ground":"background","voice":"reboot","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"Gnome Editor","command":"gedit","ground":"foreground","voice":"edit","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"yum update","command":"yum -y update","ground":"background","voice":"yum update","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"apt update","command":"apt-get -y update","ground":"background","voice":"update","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"touch file","command":"echo "haha" > /home/fhcat/triggercmd.file","ground":"background","voice":"touch file","allowParams": "false"}
]

Russ

@fhcat9, that's the wrong file to edit. That's just the list of default commands. That linuxcommands.json file gets copied to ~/.TRIGGERcmdData/commands.json when you start the agent for the first time.

You want to be editing your ~/.TRIGGERcmdData/commands.json file instead.

fhcat9

@russ Thanks! Now I can begin customize my commands on my OrangePi. BTW, the Ubuntu instructions probably needs some update. I installed the latest Non-Gui package and some of my steps are different. For example, for me, the agent directory is /usr/lib/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src/agent.js, not /usr/share/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src/agent.js. And on my Ubuntu 16.04, it is nodejs /usr/lib/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src/agent.js --console as node is deprecated.

JimmieRhone

This not only runs the process in background, also generates a log (called .... You put a command in the background by adding & after the command: ... bad connection to the server
https://www.puttygen.com/linux-commands

Ruan Barros

@Russ I cant add commands when I create and edit commands.json in ./TRIGGERcmd-agent. Simply, the software are ignoring my file "commands.json". Probally, I make something wrong, but I dont know what can be.

output when I restart connection with the web service with command.js on folder:

{ message: 'Subscribed to 60dd332cb1a3e2001a6edf39!' }
{ message: 'Subscribed to 60dd332cb1a3e2001a6edf39!' }
Added Gnome Editor

System: endeavour-OS

When I simply restart the software, with some updates on commands.json:

{ message: 'Subscribed to 60dd332cb1a3e2001a6edf39!' }
{ message: 'Subscribed to 60dd332cb1a3e2001a6edf39!' }

I'm not using gui, only terminal version.

Russ

@Ruan-Barros, it looks like it added the Gnome Editor command the first time, and the second time it found that Gnome Editor is the only foreground command in you commands.json file so it didn't need to add anything new - Gnome Editor was already added to your computer in your account. You're running the agent in foreground mode so it will ignore any commands with ground = background.

If you click the green Trigger button for Gnome Editor it will probably try to run it. You should see that in your agent output.