Command: adds parallel and useStdErr options

Fixes #2045

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ set(LIBFASTFETCH_SRC
     src/detection/chassis/chassis.c
     src/detection/cpu/cpu.c
     src/detection/cpuusage/cpuusage.c
+    src/detection/command/command.c
     src/detection/disk/disk.c
     src/detection/diskio/diskio.c
     src/detection/displayserver/displayserver.c

doc/json_schema.json

@@ -2101,6 +2101,16 @@
                                         "description": "Set the command text to be executed",
                                         "type": "string"
                                     },
+                                    "useStdErr": {
+                                        "description": "Set if stderr should be used instead of stdout for command output",
+                                        "type": "boolean",
+                                        "default": false
+                                    },
+                                    "parallel": {
+                                        "description": "Set if the command should be executed in parallel with other commands\nMight improve performance when using multiple commands, but may cause issues with some commands",
+                                        "type": "boolean",
+                                        "default": false
+                                    },
                                     "key": {
                                         "$ref": "#/$defs/key"
                                     },

presets/examples/25.jsonc

@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
             "keyIcon": "",                                   // Custom icon override
             "key": "│{#red}│ {icon}  Rust      │{$4}│{#keys}│{$2}",
             "text": "rustc --version",
-            "format": "rustc {~6,13}"                         // Print 6th to 13th characters (version number)
+            "format": "rustc {~6,13}",                        // Print 6th to 13th characters (version number)
+            "parallel": true                                  // Enable parallel execution for performance
         },
         {
             "type": "command",
@@ -194,28 +195,32 @@
             "keyIcon": "",
             "key": "│{#red}│ {icon}  Clang     │{$4}│{#keys}│{$2}",
             "text": "clang --version | findstr version",      // Finds the line with "version"
-            "format": "clang {~-6}"                           // Prints the last 6 characters (version number)
+            "format": "clang {~-6}",                          // Prints the last 6 characters (version number)
+            "parallel": true
         },
         {
             "type": "command",
             "keyIcon": "",
             "key": "│{#red}│ {icon}  NodeJS    │{$4}│{#keys}│{$2}",
             "text": "node --version",
-            "format": "node {~1}"                             // {~1} removes first character (v)
+            "format": "node {~1}",                            // {~1} removes first character (v)
+            "parallel": true
         },
         {
             "type": "command",
             "keyIcon": "",
             "key": "│{#red}│ {icon}  Go        │{$4}│{#keys}│{$2}",
             "text": "go version | cut -d' ' -f3",
-            "format": "go {~2}"                               // {~2} removes first 2 characters (go)
+            "format": "go {~2}",                              // {~2} removes first 2 characters (go)
+            "parallel": true
         },
         {
             "type": "command",
             "keyIcon": "",
             "key": "│{#red}│ {icon}  Zig       │{$4}│{#keys}│{$2}",
             "text": "zig version",
-            "format": "zig {}"
+            "format": "zig {}",
+            "parallel": true
         },
         {
             "type": "editor",
@@ -226,7 +231,8 @@
             "keyIcon": "󰊢",
             "key": "│{#red}│ {icon}  Git       │{$4}│{#keys}│{$2}",
             "text": "git version",
-            "format": "git {~12}"
+            "format": "git {~12}",
+            "parallel": true
         },
         {
             "type": "font",

src/common/jsonconfig.c

@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ static void prepareModuleJsonObject(const char* type, yyjson_val* module)
                 ffPrepareCPUUsage();
             break;
         }
+        case 'c': case 'C': {
+            if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(type, FF_COMMAND_MODULE_NAME))
+            {
+                __attribute__((__cleanup__(ffDestroyCommandOptions))) FFCommandOptions options;
+                ffInitCommandOptions(&options);
+                if (module) ffCommandModuleInfo.parseJsonObject(&options, module);
+                ffPrepareCommand(&options);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
         case 'd': case 'D': {
             if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(type, FF_DISKIO_MODULE_NAME))
             {

src/detection/command/command.c

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#include "common/processing.h"
+#include "util/FFstrbuf.h"
+#include "detection/command/command.h"
+
+typedef struct FFCommandResultBundle
+{
+    FFProcessHandle handle;
+    const char* error;
+} FFCommandResultBundle;
+
+// FIFO, non-thread-safe list of running commands
+static FFlist commandQueue = {
+    .elementSize = sizeof(FFCommandResultBundle),
+};
+
+static const char* spawnProcess(FFCommandOptions* options, FFProcessHandle* handle)
+{
+    if (options->text.length == 0)
+        return "No command text specified";
+
+    return ffProcessSpawn(options->param.length ? (char* const[]){
+        options->shell.chars,
+        options->param.chars,
+        options->text.chars,
+        NULL
+    } : (char* const[]){
+        options->shell.chars,
+        options->text.chars,
+        NULL
+    }, options->useStdErr, handle);
+}
+
+bool ffPrepareCommand(FFCommandOptions* options)
+{
+    if (!options->parallel) return false;
+
+    FFCommandResultBundle* bundle = ffListAdd(&commandQueue);
+    bundle->error = spawnProcess(options, &bundle->handle);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+const char* ffDetectCommand(FFCommandOptions* options, FFstrbuf* result)
+{
+    FFCommandResultBundle bundle;
+    if (!options->parallel)
+        bundle.error = spawnProcess(options, &bundle.handle);
+    else
+        ffListShift(&commandQueue, &bundle);
+
+    if (bundle.error)
+        return bundle.error;
+
+    bundle.error = ffProcessReadOutput(&bundle.handle, result);
+    if (bundle.error)
+        return bundle.error;
+
+    ffStrbufTrimRightSpace(result);
+    return NULL;
+}

src/detection/command/command.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "fastfetch.h"
+#include "modules/command/option.h"
+
+const char* ffDetectCommand(FFCommandOptions* options, FFstrbuf* result);

src/modules/command/command.c

@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
 #include "common/printing.h"
 #include "common/jsonconfig.h"
-#include "common/processing.h"
 #include "modules/command/command.h"
-#include "util/stringUtils.h"
+#include "detection/command/command.h"
 
 bool ffPrintCommand(FFCommandOptions* options)
 {
     FF_STRBUF_AUTO_DESTROY result = ffStrbufCreate();
-    const char* error = ffProcessAppendStdOut(&result, options->param.length ? (char* const[]){
-        options->shell.chars,
-        options->param.chars,
-        options->text.chars,
-        NULL
-    } : (char* const[]){
-        options->shell.chars,
-        options->text.chars,
-        NULL
-    });
+    const char* error = ffDetectCommand(options, &result);
 
-    if(error)
+    if (error)
     {
         ffPrintError(FF_COMMAND_MODULE_NAME, 0, &options->moduleArgs, FF_PRINT_TYPE_DEFAULT, "%s", error);
         return false;
     }
 
-    if(!result.length)
+    if (!result.length)
     {
         ffPrintError(FF_COMMAND_MODULE_NAME, 0, &options->moduleArgs, FF_PRINT_TYPE_DEFAULT, "No result generated");
         return false;
@@ -72,6 +62,18 @@ void ffParseCommandJsonObject(FFCommandOptions* options, yyjson_val* module)
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (unsafe_yyjson_equals_str(key, "useStdErr"))
+        {
+            options->useStdErr = yyjson_get_bool(val);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (unsafe_yyjson_equals_str(key, "parallel"))
+        {
+            options->parallel = yyjson_get_bool(val);
+            continue;
+        }
+
         ffPrintError(FF_COMMAND_MODULE_NAME, 0, &options->moduleArgs, FF_PRINT_TYPE_DEFAULT, "Unknown JSON key %s", unsafe_yyjson_get_str(key));
     }
 }
@@ -81,25 +83,16 @@ void ffGenerateCommandJsonConfig(FFCommandOptions* options, yyjson_mut_doc* doc,
     ffJsonConfigGenerateModuleArgsConfig(doc, module, &options->moduleArgs);
 
     yyjson_mut_obj_add_strbuf(doc, module, "shell", &options->shell);
-
     yyjson_mut_obj_add_strbuf(doc, module, "param", &options->param);
-
     yyjson_mut_obj_add_strbuf(doc, module, "text", &options->text);
+    yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool(doc, module, "useStdErr", options->useStdErr);
+    yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool(doc, module, "parallel", options->parallel);
 }
 
 bool ffGenerateCommandJsonResult(FF_MAYBE_UNUSED FFCommandOptions* options, yyjson_mut_doc* doc, yyjson_mut_val* module)
 {
     FF_STRBUF_AUTO_DESTROY result = ffStrbufCreate();
-    const char* error = ffProcessAppendStdOut(&result, options->param.length ? (char* const[]){
-        options->shell.chars,
-        options->param.chars,
-        options->text.chars,
-        NULL
-    } : (char* const[]){
-        options->shell.chars,
-        options->text.chars,
-        NULL
-    });
+    const char* error = ffDetectCommand(options, &result);
 
     if(error)
     {
@@ -137,6 +130,8 @@ void ffInitCommandOptions(FFCommandOptions* options)
         #endif
     );
     ffStrbufInit(&options->text);
+    options->useStdErr = false;
+    options->parallel = false;
 }
 
 void ffDestroyCommandOptions(FFCommandOptions* options)

src/modules/command/command.h

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #define FF_COMMAND_MODULE_NAME "Command"
 
+bool ffPrepareCommand(FFCommandOptions* options);
+
 bool ffPrintCommand(FFCommandOptions* options);
 void ffInitCommandOptions(FFCommandOptions* options);
 void ffDestroyCommandOptions(FFCommandOptions* options);

src/modules/command/option.h

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ typedef struct FFCommandOptions
     FFstrbuf shell;
     FFstrbuf param;
     FFstrbuf text;
+    bool useStdErr;
+    bool parallel;
 } FFCommandOptions;
 
 static_assert(sizeof(FFCommandOptions) <= FF_OPTION_MAX_SIZE, "FFCommandOptions size exceeds maximum allowed size");