Is there a way to run a command line utility from javascript?

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I am designing a javascript utility which needs to grep a password file ('ypcat passwd | grep ') in Unix. PERL uses "backtick" or System to run the command line. Python uses os.system. Is there a similar method in javascript?

explore child_process in nodejs, you can use something like : let {exec} = require("child_process"); exec("cmd") — Manish Singh, May 10 '21 at 20:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 10 '21 at 20:25

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Yes sir there is https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/child_process.html It's child_process.exec()

answered May 10 '21 at 20:25

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '21 at 20:27

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I don't believe there is a similar method within native JavaScript, but you may be able to achieve this using NodeJS.

Check this out, https://nodejs.org/api/os.html

answered May 10 '21 at 20:27

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Is there a way to run a command line utility from javascript?

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