spawnly

Wrapper around child_process.spawn to enable pass the command as a string directly to spawn

Install

npm i --save spawnly

Usage

var spawnly = require('spawnly');

var cp = spawnly('./some-command --some-param=true');

Other examples:

describe( 'spawnly', function () {
  it( 'should execute a command in the system shell', function ( done ) {
    var spawnly = require( '../' );
    var cp = spawnly( 'echo \'hello world\'' );

    cp.stdout.on( 'data', function ( data ) {
      expect( String( data ) ).to.equal( '\'hello world\'\n' );
      done();
    } );
  } );

  it( 'should execute a command in the system shell', function ( done ) {
    var spawnly = require( '../' );
    var cp = spawnly( 'echo hello world' );
    var data = '';

    cp.stdout.on( 'data', function ( received ) {
      data += received;
    } );

    cp.on( 'exit', function () {
      expect( data ).to.equal( 'hello world\n' );
      done();
    } );
  } );

} );

Lincense

MIT

Changelog

spawnly - Changelog

v1.0.3

• Build Scripts Changes
  • remove older node versions from travis.yml - 15021f0, Roy Riojas, 10/07/2019 05:56:12

v1.0.2

• Build Scripts Changes
  • Upgrade prod dependencies - 59581df, Roy Riojas, 10/07/2019 05:52:23

v1.0.1

• Documentation
  • change readme to remove examples of commands executed in sequence - d0a2c75, royriojas, 26/08/2015 20:09:37

v1.0.0

• Refactoring
  • do not use /bin/sh because the process created this way cannot be killed - d04b094, royriojas, 13/08/2015 00:24:04

v0.1.0

• Features
  • First working version of spawnly - 415f702, royriojas, 30/07/2015 18:20:39