add note about piping data to the CLI

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ## `Use`
 
 ```powershell
-./vmrcli.exe [-h] [-i] [-k] [-D] [-v] [-c] [-m] [-s] <api commands>
+.\vmrcli.exe [-h] [-i] [-k] [-D] [-v] [-c] [-m] [-s] <api commands>
 ```
 
 Where:
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ Examples:
 Launch basic GUI, set log level to INFO, Toggle Strip 0 Mute, print its new value, then decrease Bus 0 Gain by 3.8
 
 ```powershell
-./vmrcli.exe -kbasic -D2 !strip[0].mute strip[0].mute bus[0].gain-=3.8
+.\vmrcli.exe -kbasic -D2 !strip[0].mute strip[0].mute bus[0].gain-=3.8
 ```
 
 Launch banana GUI, set log level to DEBUG, set Strip 0 label to podmic then print Strip 2 label
 
 ```powershell
-./vmrcli.exe -kbanana -D1 strip[0].label=podmic strip[2].label
+.\vmrcli.exe -kbanana -D1 strip[0].label=podmic strip[2].label
 ```
 
 ## `Interactive Mode`
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Launch banana GUI, set log level to DEBUG, set Strip 0 label to podmic then prin
 Running the following command in Powershell:
 
 ```powershell
-./vmrcli.exe -i
+.\vmrcli.exe -i
 ```
 
 Will open an interactive prompt:
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ API commands follow the same rules as listed above. Entering `Q` or `q` will exi
 Scripts can be loaded from text files, for example in Powershell:
 
 ```powershell
-./vmrcli.exe -D1 $(Get-Content .\example_commands.txt)
+.\vmrcli.exe -D1 $(Get-Content .\example_commands.txt)
+```
+
+You may also pipe a scripts contents to the CLI:
+
+```powershell
+$(Get-Content .\example_commands.txt) | .\vmrcli.exe -D1 -i
 ```
 
 Multiple API commands can be in a single line but they should be space separated.

src/vmrcli.c

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <windows.h>
 #include "ivmr.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         log_info("Profile %s loaded", cvalue);
         set_parameter_string(vmr, "command.load", cvalue);
+        Sleep(300);
+        clear_dirty(vmr);
     }
 
     if (iflag)
@@ -243,13 +246,12 @@ void interactive(PT_VMR vmr)
     while (fgets(input, MAX_LINE, stdin) != NULL)
     {
         input[strcspn(input, "\n")] = 0;
-        len = strlen(input);
-        if (len == 1 && toupper(input[0]) == 'Q')
+        if ((len = strlen(input)) == 1 && toupper(input[0]) == 'Q')
             break;
 
         parse_input(vmr, input, len);
 
-        memset(input, '\0', MAX_LINE); /* reset input buffer */
+        memset(input, 0, MAX_LINE); /* reset input buffer */
         printf(">> ");
     }
 }
@@ -328,6 +330,7 @@ void parse_command(PT_VMR vmr, char *command)
             printf("%s: %.1f\n", command, res.val.f);
             break;
         case STRING_T:
+            if (res.val.s[0] != '\0')
                 printf("%s: %ls\n", command, res.val.s);
             break;
         default: