From b382fccc3d7e8418fe17a116827f343b2c146c7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Teuben <teuben@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 22:16:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] simple runfile creator

---
 src/scripts/python/mkrunfile.py | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 src/scripts/python/mkrunfile.py

diff --git a/src/scripts/python/mkrunfile.py b/src/scripts/python/mkrunfile.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..75eec1d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/python/mkrunfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+#
+#
+
+import sys
+import numpy as np    
+
+#   simple usage
+if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+    print("Usage: %s progname p1=v11,v12... p2=..." % sys.argv[0])
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+#   parse command line args
+progname = sys.argv[1]
+pars = sys.argv[2:]
+
+npar = len(pars)
+par = list(range(npar))
+val = list(range(npar))
+
+# setting
+for i in range(npar):
+    par[i] = 'par%d' % i
+    par[i] = pars[i].split('=')[0]
+    val[i] = pars[i].split('=')[1].split(',')
+
+# loop over pars and vals and create the cmds for the runfile
+# @todo  generalize this
+
+if npar == 1:
+    for p0 in range(len(val[0])):
+        cmd = '%s %s=%s' % (progname, par[0], val[0][p0])
+        print(cmd)
+elif npar == 2:
+    for p1 in range(len(val[1])):
+        for p0 in range(len(val[0])):
+            cmd = '%s %s=%s %s=%s' % (progname, par[0], val[0][p0], par[1], val[1][p1])
+            print(cmd)
+elif npar == 3:
+    for p2 in range(len(val[2])):
+        for p1 in range(len(val[1])):
+            for p0 in range(len(val[0])):
+                cmd = '%s %s=%s %s=%s %s=%s' % (progname, par[0], val[0][p0], par[1], val[1][p1], par[2], val[2][p2])
+                print(cmd)
+elif npar == 4:
+    for p3 in range(len(val[3])):
+        for p2 in range(len(val[2])):
+            for p1 in range(len(val[1])):
+                for p0 in range(len(val[0])):
+                    cmd = '%s %s=%s %s=%s %s=%s %s=%s' % (progname, par[0], val[0][p0], par[1], val[1][p1], par[2], val[2][p2], par[3], val[3][p3])
+                    print(cmd)
+else:
+    print("# too many parameters")
+                                                          
+