spawn-please

Easy and small child_process.spawn.

• Promise-based
• Cross-platform
• Pass stdin as an argument
• Rejects on stderr by default, even if exit code is 0

Install

$ npm install --save spawn-please

Usage

(
  command: string,
  args?: string[],
  options?: Options,
  spawnOptions?: any,
): Promise<{
  stdout: string
  stderr: string
}>

import spawn from 'spawn-please'

const { stdout, stderr } = await spawn('printf', ['please?'])

assert.equal(stdout, 'please?')
assert.equal(stderr, '')

Options

• rejectOnError: boolean - Throws an error if stderr is non-empty. Default: true.
• stdin: string - Send stdin to the spawned child process.
• stdout: (data: string) => void - Stream stdout by chunk.
• stderr: (data: string) => void - Stream stderr by chunk.

License

ISC © Raine Revere