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# exec-sh
[](https://nodei.co/npm/exec-sh/)
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> Execute shell command forwarding all stdio streams.
## Features
exec-sh is a wrapper for [`child_process.spawn`](http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options) with some improvements:
- Cross platform command execution: - Windows: `cmd /C COMMAND` - others: `sh -c COMMAND` - Fowrards all stdio streams to current terminal (by default): - `execSh("bash")` - `execsh("echo -n Say: && read i && echo Said:$i")` - stdout and stderr are passed to callback when available - `execSh("pwd", console.log)`
## Showcase
```javascript // JavaScript
execSh("echo hello exec-sh && bash", { cwd: "/home" }, function(err){ if (err) { console.log("Exit code: ", err.code); } }); ```
```sh # Terminal output: interactive bash session
hello exec-sh bash-3.2$ pwd /home bash-3.2$ exit 99 exit Exit code: 99 ```
## Usage
```javascript var execSh = require("../");
// run interactive bash shell execSh("echo lorem && bash", { cwd: "/home" }, function(err){ if (err) { console.log("Exit code: ", err.code); return; }
// collect streams output var child = execSh(["bash -c id", "echo lorem >&2"], true, function(err, stdout, stderr){ console.log("error: ", err); console.log("stdout: ", stdout); console.log("stderr: ", stderr); }); }); ```
## Promise Interface
```javascript var execShPromise = require("exec-sh").promise;
// run interactive bash shell const run = async () => { let out;
try { out = await execShPromise('pwd', true); } catch (e) { console.log('Error: ', e); console.log('Stderr: ', e.stderr); console.log('Stdout: ', e.stdout);
return e; }
console.log('out: ', out.stdout, out.stderr); }
run(); ```
## Public API
### `execSh(command, [options], [callback])`
Execute shell command forwarding all stdio.
**Parameters:**
- `command {String|Array}` - The command to run, or array of commands - `[options] {Object|TRUE}` - Options object passed directly to [`child_process.spawn`](http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options), when `TRUE` then `{ stdio: null }` used - `[callback] {Function}` - `callback(err, stdout, stderr)` - `err {Error|NULL}` - Error object. Has `code` property containing last command exit code when available - `stdout {String|NULL}` - aggregated stdout or `NULL` if not available - `stderr {String|NULL}` - aggregated stderr or `NULL` if not available
**Return Values:**
Returns [ChildProcess](http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_class_childprocess) object.
## Private API
Complete API Documentation including private and public methods is generated from source code by JSDoc tool and is [available here](https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/tsertkov-artifacts/exec-sh/master/jsdoc/index.html).
## Code Coverage
Code coverage report for all files is [available here](https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/tsertkov-artifacts/exec-sh/master/coverage/lcov-report/index.html).
## Scripts
- `npm test` - run tests - `npm run jsdoc` - build jsdoc - `npm run dev` - run tests continuously
## License
The MIT License (MIT)
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