An easy-to-use, scriptable, command-line interface to JMX servers based on Java/Tcl. Released under the Apache License 2.0.

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Features

• Scriptable Tcl interpreter, based on the Java/Tcl project.
• Use interactively, or run scripts from the command line.
• Easy-to-use "Browse" mode to explore JMX namespace interactively.
• Connect to multiple servers simultaneously.
• Command-line editing and persistent history using jline.
• User/password authentication, SSL, and jmxmp in addition to rmi.
• Source in multiple Tcl files from the command line--build a library of useful functions.

Future

• Improve the handling of non-primitive Java objects to be more transparent. (e.g., auto-convert Java lists to tcl; provide an easier way to invoke object methods than Java/Tcl provides)
• Upgrade to next jline version (0.9.94).
• Automatically source in .jmxsh files in top level directory of jarfile. (So user can add startup files.)

Release History

03-12-2010 - jmxsh-R5.jar - * I never checked jmx_list into subversion, so I'm not sure if I actually added it in R4 or not... Oops. It's there now and checked in. And I fixed Issue #2.

03-03-2009 - jmxsh-R4.jar - * Added jmx_list command to list MBeans. Takes a regex for domains and one for mbeans, and returns a Tcl List.

02-09-2009 - jmxsh-R3.jar - * Fixed jmx_set bug which was the same as the jmx_get bug. Also fixed a bug where error messages of jmx_set weren't being reported.

02-06-2009 - jmxsh-R2.jar - * Fixed jmx_get bug where it was erroring if the ATTROP variable was not set, even if you passed an attribute in its command line. Thanks, Bruce, for the bug report!

02-06-2009 - jmxsh - * This is a shell script wrapper to the jar file. It doesn't allow you to write standalone scripts, but does allow you to say things like "$ jmxsh myscript.jmxsh", etc. You still need to download the jmxsh.jar separately. Of course, this is a Unix-only thing.

• Original Release -
  • Fully functional as described in the Summary (I think).