Run Batch Commands with AIMMS Command Line Tool¶
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This article was originally posted to the AIMMS Tech Blog.
In the integrated environment, or on a Linux system, you can control an AIMMS project externally using a command line tool.
To start using the command line tool open the terminal and run AimmsCmd ExampleProject.aimms.
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If AimmsCmd program is not part of your environnement variables, you may find AimmsCmd in
C:\Users\<Your_User_Name>\AppData\Local\AIMMS\IFA\Aimms\<AIMMS_version>\Bin\AimmsCmd.exe
Basic commands available¶
AIMMS command line tool offers a the following commands.
Assigning values:
Let p_Demand := 100;
Displaying the contents:
Display p_Revenue;
Running procedures:
Run MainExecution;
Exiting the tool
Quit;
Running batch commands¶
Instead of running each command one by one, you can also run batch commands by writing all the commands you want to execute in a text file.
For example, let’s say the file cmds.txt contains the following code.
1 2 3 4 | Let p_Demand := 100;
Display p_Revenue;
Run MainExecution;
Quit ;
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You can run the following command in the terminal to execute all the commands contained in the file.
1 | AimmsCmd ExampleProject.aimms < cmds.txt
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By doing this, all the running results will be displayed on the command window. If you want to redirect the output to a text file, you can add it to the running command as well.
1 | AimmsCmd ExampleProject.aimms < cmds.txt > log.txt
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Note
Windows powershell doesn’t support the < operator to redirect input. You can get around that using:
1 | Get-Content cmds.txt | AimmsCmd.exe ExampleProject.aimms > log.txt
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Download example¶
The example model used in this article can be downloaded below: