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Execute a Unix Command with Node.js

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  1. // http://nodejs.org/api.html#_child_processes
  2. var sys = require('sys')
  3. var exec = require('child_process').exec;
  4. var child;
  5.  
  6. // executes `pwd`
  7. child = exec("pwd", function (error, stdout, stderr) {
  8.   sys.print('stdout: ' + stdout);
  9.   sys.print('stderr: ' + stderr);
  10.   if (error !== null) {
  11.     console.log('exec error: ' + error);
  12.   }
  13. });

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