How to run windows cmd.exe commands from javascript code run on node bash?

Question

Is there a way where I can invoke a windows batch file from inside the javascript code? Or any other healthy way to do the below through any node package?

scripts.bat

 ECHO "JAVASCRIPT is AWESOME"
  PAUSE

scripts.js

// Code to read and run the batch file //

On the command prompt:

C:/> node scripts.js

Possible duplicate of How to execute a .bat file from node.js passing some parameters? — Ruud Helderman
– Ruud Helderman, Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 13:20

harymitchell · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-13 13:29:43Z

1

One way to do this is with child_process. You just have to pass the file you want to execute.

const execFile = require('child_process').execFile;
const child = execFile('scripts.bat', [], (error, stdout, stderr) => {
  if (error) {
    throw error;
  }
  console.log(stdout);
});

edited Mar 13, 2018 at 13:29

answered Mar 13, 2018 at 13:23

harymitchell

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