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-
- > Process execution for humans
-
- ## Why
-
- This package improves [`child_process`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html) methods with:
-
- - [Promise interface](#execacommandcommand-options).
- - [Scripts interface](#scripts-interface), like `zx`.
- - Improved [Windows support](https://github.com/IndigoUnited/node-cross-spawn#why), including [shebang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)) binaries.
- - Executes [locally installed binaries](#preferlocal) without `npx`.
- - [Cleans up](#cleanup) child processes when the parent process ends.
- - [Graceful termination](#optionsforcekillaftertimeout).
- - Get [interleaved output](#all) from `stdout` and `stderr` similar to what is printed on the terminal.
- - [Strips the final newline](#stripfinalnewline) from the output so you don't have to do `stdout.trim()`.
- - Convenience methods to pipe processes' [input](#input) and [output](#redirect-output-to-a-file).
- - Can specify file and arguments [as a single string](#execacommandcommand-options) without a shell.
- - [Verbose mode](#verbose-mode) for debugging.
- - More descriptive errors.
- - Higher max buffer: 100 MB instead of 1 MB.
-
- ## Install
-
- ```sh
- npm install execa
- ```
-
- ## Usage
-
- ### Promise interface
-
- ```js
- import {execa} from 'execa';
-
- const {stdout} = await execa('echo', ['unicorns']);
- console.log(stdout);
- //=> 'unicorns'
- ```
-
- ### Scripts interface
-
- For more information about Execa scripts, please see [this page](docs/scripts.md).
-
- #### Basic
-
- ```js
- import {$} from 'execa';
-
- const branch = await $`git branch --show-current`;
- await $`dep deploy --branch=${branch}`;
- ```
-
- #### Multiple arguments
-
- ```js
- import {$} from 'execa';
-
- const args = ['unicorns', '&', 'rainbows!'];
- const {stdout} = await $`echo ${args}`;
- console.log(stdout);
- //=> 'unicorns & rainbows!'
- ```
-
- #### With options
-
- ```js
- import {$} from 'execa';
-
- await $({stdio: 'inherit'})`echo unicorns`;
- //=> 'unicorns'
- ```
-
- #### Shared options
-
- ```js
- import {$} from 'execa';
-
- const $$ = $({stdio: 'inherit'});
-
- await $$`echo unicorns`;
- //=> 'unicorns'
-
- await $$`echo rainbows`;
- //=> 'rainbows'
- ```
-
- #### Verbose mode
-
- ```sh
- > node file.js
- unicorns
- rainbows
-
- > NODE_DEBUG=execa node file.js
- [16:50:03.305] echo unicorns
- unicorns
- [16:50:03.308] echo rainbows
- rainbows
- ```
-
- ### Input/output
-
- #### Redirect output to a file
-
- ```js
- import {execa} from 'execa';
-
- // Similar to `echo unicorns > stdout.txt` in Bash
- await execa('echo', ['unicorns']).pipeStdout('stdout.txt');
-
- // Similar to `echo unicorns 2> stdout.txt` in Bash
- await execa('echo', ['unicorns']).pipeStderr('stderr.txt');
-
- // Similar to `echo unicorns &> stdout.txt` in Bash
- await execa('echo', ['unicorns'], {all: true}).pipeAll('all.txt');
- ```
-
- #### Redirect input from a file
-
- ```js
- import {execa} from 'execa';
-
- // Similar to `cat < stdin.txt` in Bash
- const {stdout} = await execa('cat', {inputFile: 'stdin.txt'});
- console.log(stdout);
- //=> 'unicorns'
- ```
-
- #### Save and pipe output from a child process
-
- ```js
- import {execa} from 'execa';
-
- const {stdout} = await execa('echo', ['unicorns']).pipeStdout(process.stdout);
- // Prints `unicorns`
- console.log(stdout);
- // Also returns 'unicorns'
- ```
-
- #### Pipe multiple processes
-
- ```js
- import {execa} from 'execa';
-
- // Similar to `echo unicorns | cat` in Bash
- const {stdout} = await execa('echo', ['unicorns']).pipeStdout(execa('cat'));
- console.log(stdout);
- //=> 'unicorns'
- ```
-
- ### Handling Errors
-
- ```js
- import {execa} from 'execa';
-
- // Catching an error
- try {
- await execa('unknown', ['command']);
- } catch (error) {
- console.log(error);
- /*
- {
- message: 'Command failed with ENOENT: unknown command spawn unknown ENOENT',
- errno: -2,
- code: 'ENOENT',
- syscall: 'spawn unknown',
- path: 'unknown',
- spawnargs: ['command'],
- originalMessage: 'spawn unknown ENOENT',
- shortMessage: 'Command failed with ENOENT: unknown command spawn unknown ENOENT',
- command: 'unknown command',
- escapedCommand: 'unknown command',
- stdout: '',
- stderr: '',
- failed: true,
- timedOut: false,
- isCanceled: false,
- killed: false
- }
- */
- }
- ```
-
- ### Graceful termination
-
- Using SIGTERM, and after 2 seconds, kill it with SIGKILL.
-
- ```js
- const subprocess = execa('node');
-
- setTimeout(() => {
- subprocess.kill('SIGTERM', {
- forceKillAfterTimeout: 2000
- });
- }, 1000);
- ```
-
- ## API
-
- ### Methods
-
- #### execa(file, arguments?, options?)
-
- Executes a command using `file ...arguments`. `arguments` are specified as an array of strings. Returns a [`childProcess`](#childprocess).
-
- Arguments are [automatically escaped](#shell-syntax). They can contain any character, including spaces.
-
- This is the preferred method when executing single commands.
-
- #### execaNode(scriptPath, arguments?, options?)
-
- Executes a Node.js file using `node scriptPath ...arguments`. `arguments` are specified as an array of strings. Returns a [`childProcess`](#childprocess).
-
- Arguments are [automatically escaped](#shell-syntax). They can contain any character, including spaces.
-
- This is the preferred method when executing Node.js files.
-
- Like [`child_process#fork()`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_fork_modulepath_args_options):
- - the current Node version and options are used. This can be overridden using the [`nodePath`](#nodepath-for-node-only) and [`nodeOptions`](#nodeoptions-for-node-only) options.
- - the [`shell`](#shell) option cannot be used
- - an extra channel [`ipc`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio) is passed to [`stdio`](#stdio)
-
- #### $\`command\`
-
- Executes a command. The `command` string includes both the `file` and its `arguments`. Returns a [`childProcess`](#childprocess).
-
- Arguments are [automatically escaped](#shell-syntax). They can contain any character, but spaces must use `${}` like `` $`echo ${'has space'}` ``.
-
- This is the preferred method when executing multiple commands in a script file.
-
- The `command` string can inject any `${value}` with the following types: string, number, [`childProcess`](#childprocess) or an array of those types. For example: `` $`echo one ${'two'} ${3} ${['four', 'five']}` ``. For `${childProcess}`, the process's `stdout` is used.
-
- For more information, please see [this section](#scripts-interface) and [this page](docs/scripts.md).
-
- #### $(options)
-
- Returns a new instance of [`$`](#command) but with different default `options`. Consecutive calls are merged to previous ones.
-
- This can be used to either:
- - Set options for a specific command: `` $(options)`command` ``
- - Share options for multiple commands: `` const $$ = $(options); $$`command`; $$`otherCommand`; ``
-
- #### execaCommand(command, options?)
-
- Executes a command. The `command` string includes both the `file` and its `arguments`. Returns a [`childProcess`](#childprocess).
-
- Arguments are [automatically escaped](#shell-syntax). They can contain any character, but spaces must be escaped with a backslash like `execaCommand('echo has\\ space')`.
-
- This is the preferred method when executing a user-supplied `command` string, such as in a REPL.
-
- ### execaSync(file, arguments?, options?)
-
- Same as [`execa()`](#execacommandcommand-options) but synchronous.
-
- Returns or throws a [`childProcessResult`](#childProcessResult).
-
- ### $.sync\`command\`
-
- Same as [$\`command\`](#command) but synchronous.
-
- Returns or throws a [`childProcessResult`](#childProcessResult).
-
- ### execaCommandSync(command, options?)
-
- Same as [`execaCommand()`](#execacommand-command-options) but synchronous.
-
- Returns or throws a [`childProcessResult`](#childProcessResult).
-
- ### Shell syntax
-
- For all the [methods above](#methods), no shell interpreter (Bash, cmd.exe, etc.) is used unless the [`shell` option](#shell) is set. This means shell-specific characters and expressions (`$variable`, `&&`, `||`, `;`, `|`, etc.) have no special meaning and do not need to be escaped.
-
- ### childProcess
-
- The return value of all [asynchronous methods](#methods) is both:
- - a `Promise` resolving or rejecting with a [`childProcessResult`](#childProcessResult).
- - a [`child_process` instance](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_class_childprocess) with the following additional methods and properties.
-
- #### kill(signal?, options?)
-
- Same as the original [`child_process#kill()`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_subprocess_kill_signal) except: if `signal` is `SIGTERM` (the default value) and the child process is not terminated after 5 seconds, force it by sending `SIGKILL`.
-
- ##### options.forceKillAfterTimeout
-
- Type: `number | false`\
- Default: `5000`
-
- Milliseconds to wait for the child process to terminate before sending `SIGKILL`.
-
- Can be disabled with `false`.
-
- #### all
-
- Type: `ReadableStream | undefined`
-
- Stream combining/interleaving [`stdout`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_subprocess_stdout) and [`stderr`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_subprocess_stderr).
-
- This is `undefined` if either:
- - the [`all` option](#all-2) is `false` (the default value)
- - both [`stdout`](#stdout-1) and [`stderr`](#stderr-1) options are set to [`'inherit'`, `'ipc'`, `Stream` or `integer`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio)
-
- #### pipeStdout(target)
-
- [Pipe](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#readablepipedestination-options) the child process's `stdout` to `target`, which can be:
- - Another [`execa()` return value](#pipe-multiple-processes)
- - A [writable stream](#save-and-pipe-output-from-a-child-process)
- - A [file path string](#redirect-output-to-a-file)
-
- If the `target` is another [`execa()` return value](#execacommandcommand-options), it is returned. Otherwise, the original `execa()` return value is returned. This allows chaining `pipeStdout()` then `await`ing the [final result](#childprocessresult).
-
- The [`stdout` option](#stdout-1) must be kept as `pipe`, its default value.
-
- #### pipeStderr(target)
-
- Like [`pipeStdout()`](#pipestdouttarget) but piping the child process's `stderr` instead.
-
- The [`stderr` option](#stderr-1) must be kept as `pipe`, its default value.
-
- #### pipeAll(target)
-
- Combines both [`pipeStdout()`](#pipestdouttarget) and [`pipeStderr()`](#pipestderrtarget).
-
- Either the [`stdout` option](#stdout-1) or the [`stderr` option](#stderr-1) must be kept as `pipe`, their default value. Also, the [`all` option](#all-2) must be set to `true`.
-
- ### childProcessResult
-
- Type: `object`
-
- Result of a child process execution. On success this is a plain object. On failure this is also an `Error` instance.
-
- The child process [fails](#failed) when:
- - its [exit code](#exitcode) is not `0`
- - it was [killed](#killed) with a [signal](#signal)
- - [timing out](#timedout)
- - [being canceled](#iscanceled)
- - there's not enough memory or there are already too many child processes
-
- #### command
-
- Type: `string`
-
- The file and arguments that were run, for logging purposes.
-
- This is not escaped and should not be executed directly as a process, including using [`execa()`](#execafile-arguments-options) or [`execaCommand()`](#execacommandcommand-options).
-
- #### escapedCommand
-
- Type: `string`
-
- Same as [`command`](#command-1) but escaped.
-
- This is meant to be copy and pasted into a shell, for debugging purposes.
- Since the escaping is fairly basic, this should not be executed directly as a process, including using [`execa()`](#execafile-arguments-options) or [`execaCommand()`](#execacommandcommand-options).
-
- #### exitCode
-
- Type: `number`
-
- The numeric exit code of the process that was run.
-
- #### stdout
-
- Type: `string | Buffer`
-
- The output of the process on stdout.
-
- #### stderr
-
- Type: `string | Buffer`
-
- The output of the process on stderr.
-
- #### all
-
- Type: `string | Buffer | undefined`
-
- The output of the process with `stdout` and `stderr` interleaved.
-
- This is `undefined` if either:
- - the [`all` option](#all-2) is `false` (the default value)
- - `execaSync()` was used
-
- #### failed
-
- Type: `boolean`
-
- Whether the process failed to run.
-
- #### timedOut
-
- Type: `boolean`
-
- Whether the process timed out.
-
- #### isCanceled
-
- Type: `boolean`
-
- Whether the process was canceled.
-
- You can cancel the spawned process using the [`signal`](#signal-1) option.
-
- #### killed
-
- Type: `boolean`
-
- Whether the process was killed.
-
- #### signal
-
- Type: `string | undefined`
-
- The name of the signal that was used to terminate the process. For example, `SIGFPE`.
-
- If a signal terminated the process, this property is defined and included in the error message. Otherwise it is `undefined`.
-
- #### signalDescription
-
- Type: `string | undefined`
-
- A human-friendly description of the signal that was used to terminate the process. For example, `Floating point arithmetic error`.
-
- If a signal terminated the process, this property is defined and included in the error message. Otherwise it is `undefined`. It is also `undefined` when the signal is very uncommon which should seldomly happen.
-
- #### message
-
- Type: `string`
-
- Error message when the child process failed to run. In addition to the [underlying error message](#originalMessage), it also contains some information related to why the child process errored.
-
- The child process [stderr](#stderr) then [stdout](#stdout) are appended to the end, separated with newlines and not interleaved.
-
- #### shortMessage
-
- Type: `string`
-
- This is the same as the [`message` property](#message) except it does not include the child process stdout/stderr.
-
- #### originalMessage
-
- Type: `string | undefined`
-
- Original error message. This is the same as the `message` property except it includes neither the child process stdout/stderr nor some additional information added by Execa.
-
- This is `undefined` unless the child process exited due to an `error` event or a timeout.
-
- ### options
-
- Type: `object`
-
- #### cleanup
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `true`
-
- Kill the spawned process when the parent process exits unless either:
- - the spawned process is [`detached`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_detached)
- - the parent process is terminated abruptly, for example, with `SIGKILL` as opposed to `SIGTERM` or a normal exit
-
- #### preferLocal
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `true` with [`$`](#command), `false` otherwise
-
- Prefer locally installed binaries when looking for a binary to execute.\
- If you `$ npm install foo`, you can then `execa('foo')`.
-
- #### localDir
-
- Type: `string | URL`\
- Default: `process.cwd()`
-
- Preferred path to find locally installed binaries in (use with `preferLocal`).
-
- #### execPath
-
- Type: `string`\
- Default: `process.execPath` (Current Node.js executable)
-
- Path to the Node.js executable to use in child processes.
-
- This can be either an absolute path or a path relative to the [`cwd` option](#cwd).
-
- Requires [`preferLocal`](#preferlocal) to be `true`.
-
- For example, this can be used together with [`get-node`](https://github.com/ehmicky/get-node) to run a specific Node.js version in a child process.
-
- #### buffer
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `true`
-
- Buffer the output from the spawned process. When set to `false`, you must read the output of [`stdout`](#stdout-1) and [`stderr`](#stderr-1) (or [`all`](#all) if the [`all`](#all-2) option is `true`). Otherwise the returned promise will not be resolved/rejected.
-
- If the spawned process fails, [`error.stdout`](#stdout), [`error.stderr`](#stderr), and [`error.all`](#all) will contain the buffered data.
-
- #### input
-
- Type: `string | Buffer | stream.Readable`
-
- Write some input to the `stdin` of your binary.\
- Streams are not allowed when using the synchronous methods.
-
- If the input is a file, use the [`inputFile` option](#inputfile) instead.
-
- #### inputFile
-
- Type: `string`
-
- Use a file as input to the the `stdin` of your binary.
-
- If the input is not a file, use the [`input` option](#input) instead.
-
- #### stdin
-
- Type: `string | number | Stream | undefined`\
- Default: `inherit` with [`$`](#command), `pipe` otherwise
-
- Same options as [`stdio`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio).
-
- #### stdout
-
- Type: `string | number | Stream | undefined`\
- Default: `pipe`
-
- Same options as [`stdio`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio).
-
- #### stderr
-
- Type: `string | number | Stream | undefined`\
- Default: `pipe`
-
- Same options as [`stdio`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio).
-
- #### all
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `false`
-
- Add an `.all` property on the [promise](#all) and the [resolved value](#all-1). The property contains the output of the process with `stdout` and `stderr` interleaved.
-
- #### reject
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `true`
-
- Setting this to `false` resolves the promise with the error instead of rejecting it.
-
- #### stripFinalNewline
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `true`
-
- Strip the final [newline character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) from the output.
-
- #### extendEnv
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `true`
-
- Set to `false` if you don't want to extend the environment variables when providing the `env` property.
-
- ---
-
- Execa also accepts the below options which are the same as the options for [`child_process#spawn()`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options)/[`child_process#exec()`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_exec_command_options_callback)
-
- #### cwd
-
- Type: `string | URL`\
- Default: `process.cwd()`
-
- Current working directory of the child process.
-
- #### env
-
- Type: `object`\
- Default: `process.env`
-
- Environment key-value pairs. Extends automatically from `process.env`. Set [`extendEnv`](#extendenv) to `false` if you don't want this.
-
- #### argv0
-
- Type: `string`
-
- Explicitly set the value of `argv[0]` sent to the child process. This will be set to `file` if not specified.
-
- #### stdio
-
- Type: `string | string[]`\
- Default: `pipe`
-
- Child's [stdio](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio) configuration.
-
- #### serialization
-
- Type: `string`\
- Default: `'json'`
-
- Specify the kind of serialization used for sending messages between processes when using the [`stdio: 'ipc'`](#stdio) option or [`execaNode()`](#execanodescriptpath-arguments-options):
- - `json`: Uses `JSON.stringify()` and `JSON.parse()`.
- - `advanced`: Uses [`v8.serialize()`](https://nodejs.org/api/v8.html#v8_v8_serialize_value)
-
- [More info.](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_advanced_serialization)
-
- #### detached
-
- Type: `boolean`
-
- Prepare child to run independently of its parent process. Specific behavior [depends on the platform](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_detached).
-
- #### uid
-
- Type: `number`
-
- Sets the user identity of the process.
-
- #### gid
-
- Type: `number`
-
- Sets the group identity of the process.
-
- #### shell
-
- Type: `boolean | string`\
- Default: `false`
-
- If `true`, runs `file` inside of a shell. Uses `/bin/sh` on UNIX and `cmd.exe` on Windows. A different shell can be specified as a string. The shell should understand the `-c` switch on UNIX or `/d /s /c` on Windows.
-
- We recommend against using this option since it is:
- - not cross-platform, encouraging shell-specific syntax.
- - slower, because of the additional shell interpretation.
- - unsafe, potentially allowing command injection.
-
- #### encoding
-
- Type: `string | null`\
- Default: `utf8`
-
- Specify the character encoding used to decode the `stdout` and `stderr` output. If set to `null`, then `stdout` and `stderr` will be a `Buffer` instead of a string.
-
- #### timeout
-
- Type: `number`\
- Default: `0`
-
- If timeout is greater than `0`, the parent will send the signal identified by the `killSignal` property (the default is `SIGTERM`) if the child runs longer than timeout milliseconds.
-
- #### maxBuffer
-
- Type: `number`\
- Default: `100_000_000` (100 MB)
-
- Largest amount of data in bytes allowed on `stdout` or `stderr`.
-
- #### killSignal
-
- Type: `string | number`\
- Default: `SIGTERM`
-
- Signal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed.
-
- #### signal
-
- Type: [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal)
-
- You can abort the spawned process using [`AbortController`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController).
-
- When `AbortController.abort()` is called, [`.isCanceled`](#iscanceled) becomes `false`.
-
- *Requires Node.js 16 or later.*
-
- #### windowsVerbatimArguments
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `false`
-
- If `true`, no quoting or escaping of arguments is done on Windows. Ignored on other platforms. This is set to `true` automatically when the `shell` option is `true`.
-
- #### windowsHide
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `true`
-
- On Windows, do not create a new console window. Please note this also prevents `CTRL-C` [from working](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/29837) on Windows.
-
- #### verbose
-
- Type: `boolean`\
- Default: `false`
-
- [Print each command](#verbose-mode) on `stderr` before executing it.
-
- This can also be enabled by setting the `NODE_DEBUG=execa` environment variable in the current process.
-
- #### nodePath *(For `.node()` only)*
-
- Type: `string`\
- Default: [`process.execPath`](https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_execpath)
-
- Node.js executable used to create the child process.
-
- #### nodeOptions *(For `.node()` only)*
-
- Type: `string[]`\
- Default: [`process.execArgv`](https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_execargv)
-
- List of [CLI options](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_options) passed to the Node.js executable.
-
- ## Tips
-
- ### Retry on error
-
- Gracefully handle failures by using automatic retries and exponential backoff with the [`p-retry`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-retry) package:
-
- ```js
- import pRetry from 'p-retry';
-
- const run = async () => {
- const results = await execa('curl', ['-sSL', 'https://sindresorhus.com/unicorn']);
- return results;
- };
-
- console.log(await pRetry(run, {retries: 5}));
- ```
-
- ### Cancelling a spawned process
-
- ```js
- import {execa} from 'execa';
-
- const abortController = new AbortController();
- const subprocess = execa('node', [], {signal: abortController.signal});
-
- setTimeout(() => {
- abortController.abort();
- }, 1000);
-
- try {
- await subprocess;
- } catch (error) {
- console.log(subprocess.killed); // true
- console.log(error.isCanceled); // true
- }
- ```
-
- ### Execute the current package's binary
-
- ```js
- import {getBinPath} from 'get-bin-path';
-
- const binPath = await getBinPath();
- await execa(binPath);
- ```
-
- `execa` can be combined with [`get-bin-path`](https://github.com/ehmicky/get-bin-path) to test the current package's binary. As opposed to hard-coding the path to the binary, this validates that the `package.json` `bin` field is correctly set up.
-
- ## Related
-
- - [gulp-execa](https://github.com/ehmicky/gulp-execa) - Gulp plugin for `execa`
- - [nvexeca](https://github.com/ehmicky/nvexeca) - Run `execa` using any Node.js version
- - [sudo-prompt](https://github.com/jorangreef/sudo-prompt) - Run commands with elevated privileges.
-
- ## Maintainers
-
- - [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus)
- - [@ehmicky](https://github.com/ehmicky)
-
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