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# execSync
Executes shell commands synchronously.
## Motivation
Simplifies build scripts.
Express 3 has asynchronous templates and helper functions are synchronous.
Some of my helper functions invoke compilers with async interfaces. I use
this library in DEVELOPMENT mode to precompile files on the fly through the
command line.
**NOT RECOMMENDED** on production servers.
## Install
npm install execSync
## Usage
Require it
var execSync = require('execSync');
Execute shell commands. `exec` interlaces stdout and stderr to `result.stdout`.
var result = execSync.exec('echo $USER; echo some_err 1>&2; exit 1');
console.log('return code ' + result.code);
console.log('stdout + stderr ' + result.stdout);
## Legacy helper functions
Capture STDOUT
var user = execSync.stdout('echo $USER');
console.log('Hello ' + user);
Get result code
var code = execSync.code('echo $HOME');
console.log('result ' + code);