{"id":1098,"date":"2025-03-12T21:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2025-03-12T22:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T22:06:06","slug":"how-to-repeat-any-cli-command-for-x-times-using-npm-repeat-cli-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/2025\/03\/12\/how-to-repeat-any-cli-command-for-x-times-using-npm-repeat-cli-command\/","title":{"rendered":"How to repeat any CLI Command for X times using NPM repeat-cli-command"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this article I will show you an awesome NPM tool that I created called repeat-cli-command<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>It is open source and I invite you to contribute to it. This tool allows you to repeat any CLI command effortlessly for an X number of times.\u00a0<\/p>

Whether you are running tests, debugging, or just want to loop a command, this tool has you covered.<\/p>

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First, install it globally (-g) or at project level (-D) with npm.

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Let's say we want to repeat a simple command like printing \"Hello\" to the terminal, for 5 times. We just run<\/pre>
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npx repeat-cli-command \"echo 'Hello' \" --times=5<\/strong><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Now, let’s say you’re working with PactumJS for API testing (or any other testing framework) and want to rerun the tests for 10 times.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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npx repeat-cli-command 'npx mocha api_tests --timeout=10000' --times=10<\/strong><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What if you have some web e2e automated tests with TestCafe? No problem!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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npx repeat-cli-command 'npx testcafe chrome:headless web_tests' --times=2<\/strong><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Simple, isn’t it?<\/p>
This is how you can use repeat-cli-command to boost productivity! It works with any CLI command and can become handy for testing, debugging, and much more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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