Test shell commands

The types of the colors, which are used to display messages colorfully, are located in the ColTypes enumeration found in ColorTools.

Refer to Events for Mod Developers for the events that can be used in the <Event> argument.

<ErrorType> options:

S = Severe
F = Fatal
U = Unrecoverable
D = Double panic
C = Continuable

<RebootTime> is measured in seconds. It is used if <Reboot> is True or 1.

You can find strings inside the text files in the Resources folder.

Refer to this document for the list of placeholders.

The testing shell provides these commands:

Command	Description	Usage
print	It lets you test the W() call to print every text, using the lines and colors that you need.	print <Color> <Line> <Message>
printf	It lets you test the W() call to print every text, using the lines and colors that you need. It has an additional feature of variables, but are not parsed yet, so they are parsed as text, but will be fixed in the upcoming release.	printf <Color> <Line> <Variable1;Variable2;Variable3;...> <Message>
printd	It lets you send any message to the debugger, using Wdbg() call. It doesn't provide support for variables unlike printdf. It only works if you have enabled the debugger which you can enable by debug 1.	printd <Message>
printdf	It lets you send any message to the debugger, using Wdbg() call. It provides support for variables, but are not parsed yet. It only works if you have enabled the debugger which you can enable by debug 1.	printdf <Variable1;Variable2;Variable3;...> <Message>
printsep	It lets you print the separator using any text you want.	printsep <Message>
printsepf	It lets you print the separator using any text you want with format support.	printsepf <Variable1;Variable2;Variable3;...> <Message>
printsepcolor	It lets you print the separator using any text you want with color support.	printsepcolor <color> <Message>
printsepcolorf	It lets you print the separator using any text you want with color and format support.	printsepcolorf <color> <Variable1;Variable2;Variable3;...> <Message>
testevent	It lets you raise any event. If you have loaded mods, you can use this command for testing event raises.	testevent <Event>
probehw	It lets you probe hardware in the testing session.	probehw
panic	It force crashes the kernel using custom exception types, messages, reboot times, etc. It does not provide support for variables.	panic <ErrorType> <Reboot> <RebootTime> <Description>
panicf	It force crashes the kernel using custom exception types, messages, reboot times, etc. It provides support for variables, but are not parsed yet.	panic <ErrorType> <Reboot> <RebootTime> <Variable1;Variable2;Variable3;...> <Description>
translate	It lets you translate strings that are found in the current language file in the source code from the current source language to the target language, and prints it in the console.	translate <Lang> <Message>
places	It lets you parse placeholders in the text without the option of changing color and the newline.	places <Message>
loadmods	It lets you load mods in the testing shell.	loadmods
stopmods	It lets you stop mods in the testing shell.	stopmods
reloadmods	It lets you reload mods in the testing shell.	reloadmods
blacklistmod	It lets you blacklist a mod in the testing shell.	blacklistmod <mod>
unblacklistmod	It lets you remove a mod from the blacklist in the testing shell.	unblacklistmod <mod>
debug	It lets you enable and disable debugging mode. It only enables the local debugging which will write to your home directory. This allows printd and printdf to function.	debug <Enable>
rdebug	It lets you enable remote debugger inside the debugging core. This allows users who need to see what's going on in another computer running KS to see its debugging logs. It uses port number 3014 and can be changed.	rdebug <Enable>
testmd5	It lets you estimate the time taken to encode a specified string on milliseconds using MD5 algorithm.	testmd5 <message>
testsha1	It lets you estimate the time taken to encode a specified string on milliseconds using SHA1 algorithm.	testsha1 <message>
testsha256	It lets you estimate the time taken to encode a specified string on milliseconds using SHA256 algorithm.	testsha256 <message>
testsha384	It lets you estimate the time taken to encode a specified string on milliseconds using SHA384 algorithm.	testsha384 <message>
testsha512	It lets you estimate the time taken to encode a specified string on milliseconds using SHA512 algorithm.	testsha512 <message>
testcrc32	It lets you estimate the time taken to encode a specified string on milliseconds using CRC32 algorithm.	testcrc32 <message>
testregexp	It lets you test the regular expression pattern on a specific string. It prints all matches.	testregexp <pattern> <string>
colortest	It lets you test the 255 color compatibility.	colortest <index>
colortruetest	It lets you test the 24-bit color compatibility, assuming that R, G, and B aren't less than 0 or greater than 255.	colortruetest <R;G;B>
colorwheel	Opens the colorwheel facility to test choosing the color based on the type of color whether it's a 255-color or a true color.	colorwheel
sendnot	It lets you test the notification system by sending the notification with the specified title and description on a specific priority.	sendnot <Priority> <title> <desc>
sendnotprog	It lets you test the notification system by sending the notification with the specified title and description on a specific priority with progress support to test the incrementation. It can be set to fail at a specific percentage (0-100).	sendnot <Priority> <title> <desc> <failat>
dcalend	It lets you render date using different calendar types (one of Gregorian, Hijri, Persian, Saudi-Hijri, Thai-Buddhist)	dcalend <CalendType>
listcodepages	It lets you list all the available codepages installed on the system.	listcodepages
lscompilervars	It lets you list all the compiler variables used to build Kernel Simulator.	lscompilervars
testlistwriterst	It lets you test the list writer using the String type.	testlistwriterstr
testlistwriterint	It lets you test the list writer using the Integer type.	testlistwriterint
testlistwriterchar	It lets you test the list writer using the Char type.	testlistwriterchar
testdictwriterstr	It lets you test the dictionary writer using the String type.	testdictwriterstr
testdictwriterint	It lets you test the dictionary writer using the Integer type.	testdictwriterint
testdictwriterchar	It lets you test the dictionary writer using the Char type.	testdictwriterchar
lscultures	It lets you test the available cultures installed on the system.	lscultures [search]
getcustomsaversetting	It lets you get a setting from a custom saver. Load all the mods and screensavers first before using this command.	getcustomsaversetting <saver> <setting>
setcustomsaversetting	It lets you set a setting from a custom saver. Load all the mods and screensavers first before using this command.	setcustomsaversetting <saver> <setting> <value>
showtime	Shows the current time	showtime
showdate	Shows the current date	showdate
showtd	Shows the current time and date	showtd
showtimeutc	Shows the current time (UTC)	showtimeutc
showdateutc	Shows the current date (UTC)	showdateutc
showtdutc	Shows the current time and date (UTC)	showtdutc
testtable	Tests the table drawing	testtable [margin]
checkstring	Checks the specified string if it exists in the localization files found in the resources of KS (found in the language JSON file)	checkstring <string>
checksettingsentryvars	Checks the settings entry variables to see if it can be accessible using the settings program.	checksettingsentryvars
checklocallines	Checks the localization files to see if the line numbers in them are all equal.	checklocallines
checkstrings	Checks the specified strings in a separate text file if they exist in the localization files found in the resources of KS (found in the language JSON file)	checkstrings <stringsfile>
sleeptook	Checks how many milliseconds (or ticks if started with the -t switch) did it really take to sleep.	sleeptook [-t] <milliseconds>
getlinestyle	Gets the line ending style from text file.	getlinestyle <textfile>
printfiglet	It lets you test the figlet print to print every text, using the font and colors that you need.	printfiglet <Color> <FigletFont> <Message>
printfigletf	It lets you test the figlet print to print every text, using the font and colors that you need. It has an additional feature of variables.	printfigletf <Color> <FigletFont> <Variable1;Variable2;Variable3;...> <Message>
powerlinetest	It lets you test the powerline glyphs
testexecuteasm	It lets you test the assembly execution by reflection
help	It lists all the commands and its usages.	help [command]
exit	It exits the test shell, and starts up the kernel. Exits normally if started up with testshell.	exit
shutdown	It shuts down the system.	shutdown