Command Line Automation for Repetitive Tasks

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Mike Osolinski
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CLI Automation – Using the
Command Line to
automate repetitive tasks
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What the command line
is and how it helps us to
work more effi...

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Basic Command Line Examples
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Basic Command Line Examples
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The Command
Line and how it
helps us work
more ef...

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A command-line interface or command
language interpreter, allo...

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What is the Command Line?
Command Prompt
http://bit.ly/windows-command-prompt

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What is the Command Line?
Terminal
http://bit.ly/open-mac-terminal

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What is the Command Line?
Bash
http://bit.ly/open-bash-linux

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What is the Command Line?
Cygwin
http://bit.ly/open-bash-linux

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What is the Command Line?

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What is the Command Line?

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What is the Command Line?

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What is the Command Line?

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What is the Command Line?

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Extremely powerful (in both good and bad
ways…)

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“With great power comes great
responsibility….”
- Uncle Ben

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Quick and easy to write ad-hoc scripts
that would otherwise tak...

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Take advantage of a huge library of pre-
built scripts.

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Chain different scripts and libraries
together to create fully...

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Save time on
repetitive tasks.

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Basic Examples Of
Using the
Command Line to
Save ...

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Basic Command Line Examples
• Merging Files
• Optimising Images
• Extracting Data
• Running ...

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Basic Command Line Examples

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You Could . . .

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Basic Command Line Examples
Create a new
master file
Open each
individual csv
Select and
cop...

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Or . . .

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Basic Command Line Examples
copy *.csv > merged.c...

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Basic Command Line Examples

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Basic Command Line Examples

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Basic Command Line Examples
Work through all files and
rename them

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Or . . .

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Basic Command Line Examples
for /f "Tokens=*" %f ...

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Basic Command Line Examples

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Basic Command Line Examples

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Basic Command Line Examples
Download
images via FTP
Upload in
batches to an
image
processing...

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Or . . .

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Basic Command Line Examples
jpegoptim –size 500k ...

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Basic Command Line Examples
https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim

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Basic Command Line Examples

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Basic Command Line Examples
Create a
new SF Log
File project
Import log
file data
Filter out...

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Or . . .

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Basic Command Line Examples
cat *.log | grep Goog...

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Basic Command Line Examples

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Basic Command Line Examples
Install Lighthouse
extension
Open each URL
in a Browser
Select o...

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Or . . .

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Basic Command Line Examples
urls.txt

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test.bat

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Basic Command Line Examples
test.bat

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Basic Command Line Examples
• This does require some additional modules installing but it is...

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Basic Command Line Examples

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Basic Command Line Examples
Open
Screaming
Frog
Set
Configuration
Options
Wait For
Crawl to ...

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Or . . .

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Basic Command Line Examples
cd "C:Program Files (...

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Introducing PowerShell…

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Introducing PowerShell
Scripting Panel
Command Line
cmdlet Library
PowerShell is a task-base...

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Introducing PowerShell - cmdlets
A cmdlet (pronounced "command-let") is a lightweight Window...

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Introducing PowerShell – Import-Csv
The Import-CSV cmdlet turns a
CSV file into an object wh...

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Introducing PowerShell – Import-Csv
Import-Csv -P...

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Introducing PowerShell – Import-Csv

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Introducing PowerShell – Export-Csv
$myData = Imp...

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Introducing PowerShell – Export-Csv

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Introducing PowerShell – Import-Csv

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Introducing PowerShell – Import-Csv
Open redirect
report from SF
in Excel
Create filter to
f...

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Introducing PowerShell – Import-Csv
$myObjectsArr...

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Introducing PowerShell – Invoke-RestMethod
Invoke-RestMethod consumes
REST APIs and parses t...

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Introducing PowerShell – Invoke-RestMethod
$usern...

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Introducing PowerShell – Invoke-RestMethod

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Introducing PowerShell – Invoke-RestMethod

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Introducing PowerShell – Invoke-RestMethod
$fullD...

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Introducing PowerShell – Invoke-RestMethod

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Introducing PowerShell – Invoke-RestMethod

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Linking things together

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Generate Redirect Report and Create
Redirects.

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What is the Command Line?
cd "C:Program Files (x8...

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What is the Command Line?
cd C:redirects
C:redire...

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Generate Lighthouse Reports.

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What is the Command Line?
cd "C:Program Files (x8...

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What is the Command Line?
@echo off
cd C:scriptsC...

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What is the Command Line?
cd C:lighthouse
Get-Con...

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This is just the tip of the iceberg

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Useful Resources
For Learning and
Working With CL...

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CLI Scripting Resources
Title Link
A beginners guide to batch scripting in
Windows http://st...

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CLI Scripting Resources
Title Link
CSV kit for PowerShell https://searchenginewatch.com/2019...

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Closing Thoughts.

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Repetitive tasks are often PERFECT
candidates for automation

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If a tool doesn’t already exist to perform a
task don’t assume...

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Writing scripts is not as HARD as you might
imagine it to be.

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Remember the words of Uncle Ben and BE
CAREFULL!

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Thank You.

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