@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The `data` folder contains some channel lists and output files for testing.
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The `data` folder contains some channel lists and output files for testing.
Reads a list of PV names from plain text file (comments starting with `#` are allowed, even recommended) and tests each channel for connection, alarm status and severity.
Reads a list of PV names from plain text file (comments starting with `#` are allowed, even recommended) and tests each channel for connection, alarm status and severity.
For each channel, the result will be printed as soon as it arrived. Thus, the output is ordered by response time. There is a command-line switch to suppress the output (`-s`/`--silent`) and to set the connection time out in seconds (`-t`/`--timeout`).
For each channel, the result will be printed as soon as it arrived. Thus, the output is ordered by response time. There is a command-line switch to suppress the output (`-q`/`--quiet`) and to set the connection time out in seconds (`-t`/`--timeout`).
The test result can be written to a comma-separated values (csv) file by giving a filename to the `-o`/`--output` switch (`.csv` is automatically appended to the filename if missing).
The test result can be written to a comma-separated values (csv) file by giving a filename to the `-o`/`--output` switch (`.csv` is automatically appended to the filename if missing).