run-in-terminal

Runs a command in a terminal (cmd.exe, gnome-terminal, Terminal) window.

Installation

$ npm i run-in-terminal

Usage

const { runInTerminal } = require('run-in-terminal');

runInTerminal('npm run watch');

runInTerminal('npm run watch').then(() => {
  // the terminal closed 
});

API

runInTerminal(command[, args[, options]])

Returns a promise for the spawned child process.

command

Type: string

The command to run in a terminal window.

args

Type: Array

List of string arguments.

options

Type: Object

See child_process.spawn() options.

cwd

Type: string
Default: process.cwd()

Current working directory of the child process.

License

MIT