run.sh

#!/bin/bash
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if [ "$#" -ne 3 ]; then
    echo "Error: illegal number of arguments: "$#
      echo "Usage: run.sh TEST_RUN_DIR STREAM_URI MAX_CLIENTS"
      exit 
fi

# create test directories
TEST_FOLDER=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
TEST_RUN_DIR=$1
TEST_DIR=$TEST_RUN_DIR"/streaming/"$TEST_FOLDER
echo "Test directory: "$TEST_DIR
mkdir -p  "$TEST_DIR"

# run testplan
cd $TEST_DIR

#jmeter -n -LDEBUG -t /vagrant/test/streaming/testplan.jmx -l results.jtx -j jmeter.log

# quick bash equivalent in case Jmeter fails
STREAM_URI=$2
COUNTER=0
MAX_CLIENTS=$3
while [  $COUNTER -lt $MAX_CLIENTS ]; do
  cvlc -Vdummy --no-audio $STREAM_URI &>$TEST_DIR/stdout$COUNTER &
 # cvlc -Vdummy --no-audio --verbose=0 --file-logging --logfile=$TEST_DIR/vlc-log$COUNTER.txt $STREAM_URI &
  sleep 1
  let COUNTER=COUNTER+1 
done