Using pipetest in file input mode

You can also put one or more performance equations in a simple text file, and pass the entire file to pipetest using the -f switch. In the text file, you put each equation on a single line. You can include comment lines by beginning the line with an exclamation mark (!).

Here's the text from an example pipetest file, called peTestEquations.txt:

! test calculation for point A

if BadVal('sinusoid') then 0 else ('sinusoid')/25

! test calculation for point B

TimeLT('sinusoid', 'y' , 't', TagVal('sinusoid', '*'))

To test the equations in the file, type:

pipetest -f peTestEquations.txt

Each input line in turn is echoed and the evaluated result is displayed.