# zaebaka

bash cat with a pipe

... or in another words, spawn N processes running someting and kill them when done.

# Usage

```
$ python zaebaka.py -h
usage: zaebaka [-h] -s SCRIPT [-c COUNT] [-t TEMPLATE]

bash cat with a pipe

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s, --script SCRIPT   script to run in shell
  -c, --count COUNT     instances count
  -t, --template TEMPLATE
                        template placeholder for instance id substitution
```

This tool can spawn N processes running specified script and substitute instance number in specific template `{{template}}` or other, if set.

# Example

DoS your API (or your system)

`poke.sh`
```bash
#!/bin/bash

url="$1"
instance="$2"

for num in $(seq 1 1000000) ; do
    curl -s "$url" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --request POST --data "{\"user_id\": $num}"
done
```

`stdin`
```bash
python zaebaka.py --script "bash poke.sh https://localhost:8080/get_profile {{instance}}"
```