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"description": "Process execution for humans",
"license": "MIT",
"repository": "sindresorhus/execa",
"funding": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1",
"author": {
"name": "Sindre Sorhus",
"email": "sindresorhus@gmail.com",
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"@types/node": "^12.0.7",
"ava": "^2.1.0",
"coveralls": "^3.0.4",
"get-node": "^5.0.0",
"get-node": "^6.6.0",
"is-running": "^2.1.0",
"nyc": "^14.1.1",
"p-event": "^4.1.0",
"tempfile": "^3.0.0",
"tsd": "^0.7.3",
"xo": "^0.24.0"
"xo": "^0.25.3"
},
"nyc": {
"exclude": [
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> Process execution for humans

## Why

This package improves [`child_process`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html) methods with:
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- [Can specify file and arguments as a single string without a shell](#execacommandcommand-options)
- More descriptive errors.


## Install

```
$ npm install execa
```


## Usage

```js
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}, 1000);
```


## API

### execa(file, arguments, [options])
### execa(file, arguments, options?)

Execute a file. Think of this as a mix of [`child_process.execFile()`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_execfile_file_args_options_callback) and [`child_process.spawn()`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options).

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- is also a `Promise` resolving or rejecting with a [`childProcessResult`](#childProcessResult).
- exposes the following additional methods and properties.

#### kill([signal], [options])
#### 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`<br>
Type: `number | false`\
Default: `5000`

Milliseconds to wait for the child process to terminate before sending `SIGKILL`.
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- 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)

### execa.sync(file, [arguments], [options])
### execa.sync(file, arguments?, options?)

Execute a file synchronously.

Returns or throws a [`childProcessResult`](#childProcessResult).

### execa.command(command, [options])
### execa.command(command, options?)

Same as [`execa()`](#execafile-arguments-options) except both file and arguments are specified in a single `command` string. For example, `execa('echo', ['unicorns'])` is the same as `execa.command('echo unicorns')`.

If the file or an argument contains spaces, they must be escaped with backslashes. This matters especially if `command` is not a constant but a variable, for example with `__dirname` or `process.cwd()`. Except for spaces, no escaping/quoting is needed.

The [`shell` option](#shell) must be used if the `command` uses shell-specific features, as opposed to being a simple `file` followed by its `arguments`.

### execa.commandSync(command, [options])
### execa.commandSync(command, options?)

Same as [`execa.command()`](#execacommand-command-options) but synchronous.

Returns or throws a [`childProcessResult`](#childProcessResult).

### execa.node(scriptPath, [arguments], [options])
### execa.node(scriptPath, arguments?, options?)

Execute a Node.js script as a child process.

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#### cleanup

Type: `boolean`<br>
Type: `boolean`\
Default: `true`

Kill the spawned process when the parent process exits unless either:
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#### preferLocal

Type: `boolean`<br>
Type: `boolean`\
Default: `false`

Prefer locally installed binaries when looking for a binary to execute.<br>
Prefer locally installed binaries when looking for a binary to execute.\
If you `$ npm install foo`, you can then `execa('foo')`.

#### localDir

Type: `string`<br>
Type: `string`\
Default: `process.cwd()`

Preferred path to find locally installed binaries in (use with `preferLocal`).

#### execPath

Type: `string`<br>
Default: `process.execPath` (current Node.js executable)
Type: `string`\
Default: `process.execPath` (Current Node.js executable)

Path to the Node.js executable to use in child processes.

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#### buffer

Type: `boolean`<br>
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.
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Type: `string | Buffer | stream.Readable`

Write some input to the `stdin` of your binary.<br>
Write some input to the `stdin` of your binary.\
Streams are not allowed when using the synchronous methods.

#### stdin

Type: `string | number | Stream | undefined`<br>
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).

#### stdout

Type: `string | number | Stream | undefined`<br>
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`<br>
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`<br>
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`<br>
Type: `boolean`\
Default: `true`

Setting this to `false` resolves the promise with the error instead of rejecting it.

#### stripFinalNewline

Type: `boolean`<br>
Type: `boolean`\
Default: `true`

Strip the final [newline character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) from the output.

#### extendEnv

Type: `boolean`<br>
Type: `boolean`\
Default: `true`

Set to `false` if you don't want to extend the environment variables when providing the `env` property.
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#### cwd

Type: `string`<br>
Type: `string`\
Default: `process.cwd()`

Current working directory of the child process.

#### env

Type: `object`<br>
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.
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#### stdio

Type: `string | string[]`<br>
Type: `string | string[]`\
Default: `pipe`

Child's [stdio](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio) configuration.

#### serialization

Type: `string`<br>
Type: `string`\
Default: `'json'`

Specify the kind of serialization used for sending messages between processes when using the [`stdio: 'ipc'`](#stdio) option or [`execa.node()`](#execanodescriptpath-arguments-options):
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#### shell

Type: `boolean | string`<br>
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.
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#### encoding

Type: `string | null`<br>
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`<br>
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`<br>
Type: `number`\
Default: `100_000_000` (100 MB)

Largest amount of data in bytes allowed on `stdout` or `stderr`.

#### killSignal

Type: `string | number`<br>
Type: `string | number`\
Default: `SIGTERM`

Signal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed.

#### windowsVerbatimArguments

Type: `boolean`<br>
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`<br>
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.

#### nodePath *(for `.node()` only)*
#### nodePath *(For `.node()` only)*

Type: `string`<br>
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)*
#### nodeOptions *(For `.node()` only)*

Type: `string[]`<br>
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.
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- [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


## Maintainers

- [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus)
- [@ehmicky](https://github.com/ehmicky)


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