https://github.com/panosoft/spawn-promise

Spawns a process and makes it simple to pipe data in and get data out.
https://github.com/panosoft/spawn-promise

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Spawns a process and makes it simple to pipe data in and get data out.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/panosoft/spawn-promise
• Owner: panosoft
• Created: 2015-07-27T22:06:46.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-03-29T22:36:20.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-23T12:46:34.169Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# spawn-promise

Spawns a process and makes it simple to pipe data in and get data out.

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## Installation

```sh

npm install spawn-promise

```

## Usage

```js

var spawn = require('spawn-promise');

spawn('grep', ['H'], 'Hello').then(function (buffer) {

  console.log(buffer.toString()); // Hello

});

```

## API

- [`spawn`](#spawn)

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#### spawn ( command [, args] [, input] )

Spawns a child process with the given `command`, writes the `input` value to `stdin`, and returns a `Promise` that is fulfilled with the concatenated `stdout` buffer.

__Arguments__

- `command` - The command to run.

- `args` - An array of arguments to run the `command` with.

- `input` - The value to write to `stdin`.