5.0.0 • Published 3 years ago

node-cmd v5.0.0

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59,623
License
MIT
Repository
github
Last release
3 years ago

node-cmd

Node.js commandline/terminal interface.

Simple commandline, terminal, or shell interface to allow you to run cli or bash style commands as if you were in the terminal.

Run commands asynchronously, and if needed can get the output as a string.

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This work is licenced via the MIT Licence.

Methods

methodargumentsfunctionalityreturns
runcommand, callbackruns a command asynchronouslyargs for callback err,data,stderr
runSynccommandruns a command synchronouslyobj {err,data,stderr}

Examples

//*nix

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');

//*nix supports multiline commands
    
    cmd.runSync('touch ./example/example.created.file');

    cmd.run(
        `cd ./example
ls`,
        function(err, data, stderr){
            console.log('examples dir now contains the example file along with : ',data)
        }
    );
//Windows

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');

//Windows multiline commands are not guaranteed to work try condensing to a single line.
    
    const syncDir=cmd.runSync('cd ./example & dir');

    console.log(`
    
        Sync Err ${syncDir.err}
        
        Sync stderr:  ${syncDir.stderr}

        Sync Data ${syncDir.data}
    
    `);

    cmd.run(`dir`,
        function(err, data, stderr){
            console.log('the node-cmd dir contains : ',data)
        }
    );
//clone this repo!

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');
    
    const syncClone=cmd.runSync('git clone https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-cmd.git');

    console.log(syncClone);
    

Getting the CMD Process ID

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');

    var process=cmd.run('node');
    console.log(process.pid);

Running a python shell from node

const cmd=require('node-cmd');

const processRef=cmd.run('python -i');
let data_line = '';

//listen to the python terminal output
processRef.stdout.on(
  'data',
  function(data) {
    data_line += data;
    if (data_line[data_line.length-1] == '\n') {
      console.log(data_line);
    }
  }
);

const pythonTerminalInput=`primes = [2, 3, 5, 7]
for prime in primes:
    print(prime)

`;

//show what we are doing
console.log(`>>>${pythonTerminalInput}`);

//send it to the open python terminal
processRef.stdin.write(pythonTerminalInput);

Output :

>>>primes = [2, 3, 5, 7]
for prime in primes:
    print(prime)


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