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Command Line Options

The chili supports the following command line arguments:

Argument Short Type Default Description
src String None Optional fixed source file path (positional argument)
--port -p Integer 0 Port to listen on
--remote -r Boolean false Listen on all interfaces (0.0.0.0) instead of localhost (127.0.0.1)
--users -u String (multi) List of allowed usernames, separated by space
--log-level -l String "info" Log level (e.g., info, debug, warn, error)
--dir -d String "" Directory for log files
--interval -i Integer 0 Job execution interval in milliseconds
--kwargs -k String "" String of code; the returned value will be set to the variable kwargs
--lazy -L Boolean false Enable lazy evaluation mode
--version -V - - Print version
--pepper -P - - Use pepper syntax
--help -h - - Print help message

Example Usage

chili script.chi --port 18000 --remote --users alice bob --log-level debug --dir /var/log/chili --interval 1000 --kwargs '{start_date: today(`)-7, end_date: today(`)}'

chili --pepper script.pep --port 18000 --remote --users alice bob --log-level debug --dir /var/log/chili --interval 1000 --kwargs '{start_date: today[`]-7; end_date: today`}'