As I said in the overview section there are three modes to execute batch commands:

1. Run commands from a file
2. Run commands from standard input.
3. Run commands specified on the command line - this is a convenient way to run a short list of commands.

Running Commands From a File

To run commands from a file you should use the -f parameter to specify a file containing commands when launching Nuxeo Shell.

Example:

Where my_batch_file is a file containing the commands to execute - each command on one line. Empty lines and lines beginning with # are ignored. The # character can be use to add comments to a batch file.

Here is an example of a batch file:

If you want to span a command on multiple lines (you may want this for improved readability in case of long commands) you can end the line with a * character (*make sure you don't have a space after **). In that case the command will continue on the next line, and so on until no more line ending ** is found or the end of file is reached.

Example:

Running Commands From Standard Input

If you want to run batch commands from the terminal standard input you can use the - option when launching the Nuxeo shell.
The format of the commands is the same as the one described when running commands from a file.

Here is an example which will run the commands from my_batch_file file by using the Unix cat application and pipes:

Running Batch Commands from the Command Line

If you just run a few short commands you can specify them directly in the command line of the Nuxeo Shell.

Example:

Note that commands are separated using a semicolon character.

Limitations You cannot run that way commands that contains illegal characters and needs to be escaped.