anyspawn

Command line scripting in node made easier

var anyspawn = require('anyspawn');
var dir = '/path/to/a/directory';

var child = anyspawn.spawn('ls -a ' + anyspawn.quoteArg(dir));
child.stdout.on('data', function(chunk) {
    console.log(chunk.toString())
});

var child = anyspawn.spawn('ls -a', {cwd: dir});
child.stdout.on('data', function(chunk) {
    console.log(chunk.toString())
});

anyspawn.exec('ls -a ' + anyspawn.quoteArg(dir), function(err, data) {
    console.log(err, data)
});

anyspawn.exec('ls -a', {cwd: dir}, function(err, data) {
    console.log(err, data)
});

anyspawn.spawnSeries([
	'ls',
	'ls -a',
	function(next) {
		console.log('another task');
		next();
	},
	'ls -al',
	'ls -alh'
], {cwd: dir, stdio: 'inherit'}, function(err) {
    console.log(err)
});

/**
 * Spawn a command
 * Usage
 *     spawn(String cmd)
 *     spawn(String cmd, Array args)
 *     spawn(String cmd, Object options)
 *     spawn(String cmd, Function done)
 *     spawn(String cmd, Array args, Object options)
 *     spawn(String cmd, Array args, Function done)
 *     spawn(String cmd, Array args, Object options, Function done)
 * @param  {String}   cmd     command to execute
 * @param  {Array}    args    If specified, use child_process.spawn, else use spawn-command
 * @param  {Object}   options child process spawn options.
 * @param  {Function} done    called with arguments (code)
 * @return {ChildProcess}     child process
 */

/**
 * Execute a command
 * Usage
 *     exec(String cmd)
 *     exec(String cmd, Array args)
 *     exec(String cmd, Object options)
 *     exec(String cmd, Function done)
 *     exec(String cmd, Array args, Object options)
 *     exec(String cmd, Array args, Function done)
 *     exec(String cmd, Array args, Object options, Function done)
 * @param  {String}   cmd     command to execute
 * @param  {Array}    args    If specified, use child_process.spawn, else use spawn-command
 * @param  {Object}   options child process spawn options.
 * @param  {Function} done    called with arguments (error, output, code)
 * @return {ChildProcess}     child process
 */

/**
 * Spawn commands in series
 * Usage
 *     spawnSeries(Array commands)
 *     spawnSeries(Array commands, Object options)
 *     spawnSeries(Array commands, Function done)
 *     spawnSeries(Array commands, Object options, Function done)
 *     spawnSeries(Array commands, Object options, Function callback, Function done)
 * @param  {Array}    commands commands to execute. If command is an array, it will be considered as arguments of spawn
 * @param  {Object}   options  child process spawn options.
 * @param  {Function} callback called with arguments (cmd, child, options, index)
 * @param  {Function} done     called with arguments (error)
 */

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Stéphane MBAPE (http://smbape.com)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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