Utility that can be configured to run two commands, and kill both when one finishes

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Is there a common utility (Ubuntu, perhaps OSX) that can run a server serve ./public, then run some tests ./run-chrome-tests.sh, and once the tests are finished, kills the serve ./public.



This can be done in bash, but I'd rather create configuration, than code if it is feasible.







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    Is there a common utility (Ubuntu, perhaps OSX) that can run a server serve ./public, then run some tests ./run-chrome-tests.sh, and once the tests are finished, kills the serve ./public.



    This can be done in bash, but I'd rather create configuration, than code if it is feasible.







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      Is there a common utility (Ubuntu, perhaps OSX) that can run a server serve ./public, then run some tests ./run-chrome-tests.sh, and once the tests are finished, kills the serve ./public.



      This can be done in bash, but I'd rather create configuration, than code if it is feasible.







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      Is there a common utility (Ubuntu, perhaps OSX) that can run a server serve ./public, then run some tests ./run-chrome-tests.sh, and once the tests are finished, kills the serve ./public.



      This can be done in bash, but I'd rather create configuration, than code if it is feasible.









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          There is to my knowledge no such utility, but it is easily implemented in a shell script.



          A short shell script that implements what you described:



          #!/bin/sh

          serve ./public & serve_pid=$!
          ./run-chrome-tests.sh

          kill "$serve_pid"


          You may want to insert a sleep 3 call (or similar) after starting serve in the background, to allow it to initialize properly before running the testing script.



          $! will be the PID of the most recently started background job (the serve process). When the run-chrome-tests.sh script finishes, the script above will explicitly terminate the serve process by signalling using kill.






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          • Ah, that is even simpler than the bash I had envisioned...very nice. Accepted because this is what I'll end up doing even though it wasn't exactly what i asked for.
            – Ashley Coolman
            Feb 8 at 11:25











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          There is to my knowledge no such utility, but it is easily implemented in a shell script.



          A short shell script that implements what you described:



          #!/bin/sh

          serve ./public & serve_pid=$!
          ./run-chrome-tests.sh

          kill "$serve_pid"


          You may want to insert a sleep 3 call (or similar) after starting serve in the background, to allow it to initialize properly before running the testing script.



          $! will be the PID of the most recently started background job (the serve process). When the run-chrome-tests.sh script finishes, the script above will explicitly terminate the serve process by signalling using kill.






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          • Ah, that is even simpler than the bash I had envisioned...very nice. Accepted because this is what I'll end up doing even though it wasn't exactly what i asked for.
            – Ashley Coolman
            Feb 8 at 11:25















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          2
          down vote



          accepted










          There is to my knowledge no such utility, but it is easily implemented in a shell script.



          A short shell script that implements what you described:



          #!/bin/sh

          serve ./public & serve_pid=$!
          ./run-chrome-tests.sh

          kill "$serve_pid"


          You may want to insert a sleep 3 call (or similar) after starting serve in the background, to allow it to initialize properly before running the testing script.



          $! will be the PID of the most recently started background job (the serve process). When the run-chrome-tests.sh script finishes, the script above will explicitly terminate the serve process by signalling using kill.






          share|improve this answer




















          • Ah, that is even simpler than the bash I had envisioned...very nice. Accepted because this is what I'll end up doing even though it wasn't exactly what i asked for.
            – Ashley Coolman
            Feb 8 at 11:25













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          up vote
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          There is to my knowledge no such utility, but it is easily implemented in a shell script.



          A short shell script that implements what you described:



          #!/bin/sh

          serve ./public & serve_pid=$!
          ./run-chrome-tests.sh

          kill "$serve_pid"


          You may want to insert a sleep 3 call (or similar) after starting serve in the background, to allow it to initialize properly before running the testing script.



          $! will be the PID of the most recently started background job (the serve process). When the run-chrome-tests.sh script finishes, the script above will explicitly terminate the serve process by signalling using kill.






          share|improve this answer












          There is to my knowledge no such utility, but it is easily implemented in a shell script.



          A short shell script that implements what you described:



          #!/bin/sh

          serve ./public & serve_pid=$!
          ./run-chrome-tests.sh

          kill "$serve_pid"


          You may want to insert a sleep 3 call (or similar) after starting serve in the background, to allow it to initialize properly before running the testing script.



          $! will be the PID of the most recently started background job (the serve process). When the run-chrome-tests.sh script finishes, the script above will explicitly terminate the serve process by signalling using kill.







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          • Ah, that is even simpler than the bash I had envisioned...very nice. Accepted because this is what I'll end up doing even though it wasn't exactly what i asked for.
            – Ashley Coolman
            Feb 8 at 11:25

















          • Ah, that is even simpler than the bash I had envisioned...very nice. Accepted because this is what I'll end up doing even though it wasn't exactly what i asked for.
            – Ashley Coolman
            Feb 8 at 11:25
















          Ah, that is even simpler than the bash I had envisioned...very nice. Accepted because this is what I'll end up doing even though it wasn't exactly what i asked for.
          – Ashley Coolman
          Feb 8 at 11:25





          Ah, that is even simpler than the bash I had envisioned...very nice. Accepted because this is what I'll end up doing even though it wasn't exactly what i asked for.
          – Ashley Coolman
          Feb 8 at 11:25













           

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