run-command.js

import { runCommand } from './helpers.js'

const escapeChars = ['"', "'", "`"];

/** @param {NS} ns 
 * The argument can consist of multiple commands to run. The output of the first command will automatically be printed
 * unless a subsequent command includes '; output = ...' - in which case that result will be printed instead. **/
export async function main(ns) {
    let args = ns.args;
    if (args.length == 0)
        return ns.tprint("You must run this script with an argument that is the code to test.")
    // Special first argument of -s will result in "silent" mode - do not output the result in the success case
    let silent = false;
    if (args.includes('-s')) {
        silent = true;
        args = args.slice(args.indexOf('-s'), 1);
    }
    const firstArg = String(args[0]);
    const escaped = escapeChars.some(c => firstArg.startsWith(c) && firstArg.endsWith(c));
    let command = args == escaped ? args[0] : args.join(" "); // If args weren't escaped, join them together
    //3.6 return await runCommand(ns.run, ns.write, command, `/Temp/terminal-command.js`, !silent);
    await ns.write(`/Temp/terminal-command.js`, "", "w"); // Clear the previous command file to avoid a warning about re-using temp script names. This is the one exception.
    return await runCommand(ns, command, `/Temp/terminal-command.js`, (escaped ? args.slice(1) : undefined), !silent);
}