execa - A better `child_process`

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Execute a file.Think of this as a mix of child_process.execFile and child_process.spawn.

nodejs spawn exec spawned-processes child-process shell execute binary streams child process fork execfile file bin binaries npm path local

opn - A better node-open. Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.

•    Shell

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A better node-open. Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.Uses the command open on macOS, start on Windows and xdg-open on other platforms.

app open opn opener opens launch start xdg-open xdg default cmd browser editor executable exe url urls arguments args spawn exec child process website file

node-cross-spawn - A cross platform solution to node's spawn and spawnSync

•    Javascript

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A cross platform solution to node's spawn and spawnSync. All these issues are handled correctly by cross-spawn. There are some known modules, such as win-spawn, that try to solve this but they are either broken or provide faulty escaping of shell arguments.

spawn cross-platform shebang path-ext cmd exec spawnsync execute

threads.js - Easy to use, yet powerful multi-threading library for node.js and the browser.

•    Javascript

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Javascript thread library. Uses web workers when run in browsers and child processes when run by node.js. Also supports browsers which do not support web workers.You don't have to write the thread's code inline. The file is expected to be a commonjs module (so something that uses module.exports = ...), for node and browser.

nodejs thread-pool web-worker isomorphic-javascript threads cluster child_process threadpool spawn fork parallel

nexpect - spawn and control child processes in node.js with ease

•    Javascript

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nexpect is a node.js module for spawning child applications (such as ssh) and seamlessly controlling them using javascript callbacks. nexpect is based on the ideas of the expect library by Don Libes and the pexpect library by Noah Spurrier.node.js has good built in control for spawning child processes. nexpect builds on these core methods and allows developers to easily pipe data to child processes and assert the expected response. nexpect also chains, so you can compose complex terminal interactions.

nexpect spawn child-process terminal

edge-diagnostics-launch - Launcher for Microsoft Edge Diagnostics Adapter.

•    Javascript

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Launcher for Microsoft Edge Diagnostics Adapter

edge diagnostics devtools browser spawn process launch

thread.js - Frictionless library to deal with multithread programming in the browser

•    Javascript

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Frictionless library to deal with multithread programming in the browser

parallel worker webworker processing process fork compute non-blocking blocking multiprocess multithreading child multicore spawn

node-buffered-spawn - Buffered child_process#spawn

•    Javascript

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Buffered child_process#spawn.In terms of arguments, they are equal to node's spawn.

buffered-spawn buffer spawn buffered exec execute path_ext

node-cross-spawn-async - A cross platform solution to node's spawn

•    Javascript

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A cross platform solution to node's spawn.This module is deprecated, use cross-spawn instead which no longer requires a build toolchain.

spawn cross platform path ext path-ext path_ext shebang hashbang cmd execute

chrome-launch - Light cross-platform launcher for Google Chrome

•    Javascript

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Light cross-platform launcher for Google Chrome.Spawns a new Chrome instance in a separate process using child_process.spawn.

chrome launch process spawn browser client

chrome-location - Approximates the current location of Google Chrome on your system

•    Javascript

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Approximates the current location of Google Chrome on your system.Originally sourced from karma-chrome-launcher.

chrome spawn location process guesstimate

respawn - Spawn a process and restart it if it crashes

•    Javascript

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Spawn a process and restart it if it crashes.Per default respawn will restart you app indefinitely. To set a max restart limit set the maxRestarts option.

spawn restart keep alive process monitor service start stop

respawn-group - Manage a group of respawn monitors

•    Javascript

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group.add(id, command, opts) -> mon Add a new respawn monitor. See respawn for more information. If you add a new monitor with the same id as an old one it will be used when the old monitor stops.

spawn group list restart keep alive process monitor service start stop

npm-execspawn - Spawn locally installed npm dependencies with cross platform env and argument parsing support

•    Javascript

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Spawn locally installed npm dependencies with cross platform env and argument parsing support.The above should browserify test.js and both windows and unix. The options is passed directly to child_process.spawn.

npm exec spawn run path

safeps - Work with processes safely and easily in Node.js

•    Javascript

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Older environments may need Babel's Polyfill or something similar.Discover the release history by heading on over to the HISTORY.md file.

nodejs process-manager ps process openprocess closeprocess spawn exec child_process

node-kexec - Node.js exec function to replace running process; like Ruby's exec.

•    C++

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This module causes your current Node.js process to be replaced by the process invoked by the parameter of this function. It's like the Ruby exec function. It currently does not work on Windows.Fully compatible with Node.js version v0.10 and v0.11.

exec spawn process kexec

install-if-needed - installs the given modules if needed

•    Javascript

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Installs the given list of modules and saves them into their respective fields in your nearest package.json. Dependencies that already exist in your package.json will be skipped.You can pass { stdio: 'inherit' } to preserve logging and colors, acting like the usual npm install command.

install npm programmatically spawn installation cli command module installs installing save --save --save-dev dep deps dependencies devdependencies

spawn-npm-install - programmatically install npm dependencies

•    Javascript

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Programmatically install/uninstall npm dependencies by spawning a npm child process.PRs welcome.

npm install installation installs cli api run save dev save-dev --save-dev uninstall spawn --save dependencies deps

opn-cli - A better node-open. Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.

•    Javascript

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A better node-open. Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.The following file types are automagically detected when using stdin mode.

cli-app cli app open opn opener opens launch start xdg-open xdg default cmd browser editor executable exe url urls arguments args spawn exec child process website file

outpipe - write output to a file through shell commands

•    Javascript

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Suppose you have a tool like watchify or factor-bundle that write to multiple files or write to the same file more than once.If you want to pipe the output of these tools to other programs, such as minification with the uglify command, it's very difficult! You might need to use the tool's API or use a separate command to watch for changes to the output files. Ick.

output file pipe shell exec spawn createwritestream redirect