The cmd-shim used in npm to create executable scripts on Windows, since symlinks are not suitable for this purpose there.
On Unix systems, you should use a symbolic link instead.
npm install cmd-shim
Create a cmd shim at to for the command line program at from.
e.g.
var cmdShim = require('cmd-shim');
cmdShim(__dirname + '/cli.js', '/usr/bin/command-name').then(() => {
// shims are created!
})
The same as above, but will just continue if the file does not exist.
7.0.0 (2024-08-26)
cmd-shim now supports node ^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0npx is a package runner tool that comes with npm. It allows you to execute any package from the npm registry without having to install it globally. While npx does not create shims, it provides a similar convenience by allowing direct execution of node.js scripts and commands. Unlike cmd-shim, npx is focused on temporary or one-off execution rather than creating a persistent executable shim.
ShellJS is a portable (Windows/Linux/OS X) implementation of Unix shell commands on top of the Node.js API. While it primarily offers a way to script shell commands within Node.js, it shares the cross-platform scripting goal with cmd-shim. However, ShellJS does not specifically focus on creating command shims but rather on providing a wide range of shell commands within Node.js scripts.
FAQs
Used in npm for command line application support
The npm package cmd-shim receives a total of 4,322,812 weekly downloads. As such, cmd-shim popularity was classified as popular.
We found that cmd-shim demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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