spawn-default-shell

spawn-default-shell

Spawn shell command with platform default shell

Like child_process.spawn but with shell benefits. You can just pass the command as a string, and it will be executed in the platform default shell.

// If we are in Linux / Mac, this will work
const defaultShell = require('spawn-default-shell');
const child = defaultShell.spawn('cat src/index.js | grep function');

Platform	Command
Windows	cmd.exe /c "...". If COMSPEC env variable is defined, it is used as shell path.
Mac	/bin/bash -c "..."
Linux	/bin/sh -c "..."

You can always override the shell path by defining these two environment variables:

• SHELL=/bin/zsh
• SHELL_EXECUTE_FLAG=-c

Install

npm install spawn-default-shell --save

API

.spawn(command, [opts])

Spawns a new process of the platform default shell using the given command.

For all options, see child_process documentation.

License

MIT