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September 2, 2025 at 06:54 AM

case "test": banner, err := fmt.Println(`Help: online - view users clients - view clients broadcast - send commands to clients output - view clients command output cls - clear screen return - return to home screen exit - disconnect`) if err != nil { log.Error("Help banner failed to write") } masterTerminal.Writeln(banner)

This code is part of a larger switch-case or conditional construct (e.g., a switch-case statement) that handles a command "test". Here is what this specific block does step-by-step:

  1. Check for the "test" case: If the command "test" is executed, the code block below is executed.

  2. Print Help Menu: The fmt.Println function is used to print a multi-line string (Help) to the standard output. This string seems to represent a help menu with various commands and their descriptions, such as:

    • online to view users,
    • clients to view clients,
    • broadcast to send commands,
    • output to view client responses,
    • cls to clear the screen,
    • return to go back to the home screen,
    • exit to disconnect.
  3. Capture Output and Error: The banner variable stores the number of bytes written by fmt.Println, and err captures any error that may occur while printing.

  4. Error Handling: If the error (err) is not nil, it logs an error message using something like log.Error, indicating that the help banner failed to print.

  5. Write Help Content to Terminal: The code attempts to write the banner value (number of bytes written) to masterTerminal, which seems to be a custom terminal or console abstraction (masterTerminal.Writeln()).

In summary: This code handles the "test" command by printing a help menu (list of commands with descriptions). If the print operation fails, an error is logged. Finally, the output (number of bytes written) is output to a custom terminal interface (masterTerminal).

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