How to run shell script file using nodejs?

You could use "child process" module of nodejs to execute any shell commands or scripts with in nodejs. Let me show you with an example, I am running a shell script(hi.sh) with in nodejs.

hi.sh

echo "Hi There!"

node_program.js

const { exec } = require('child_process');
var yourscript = exec('sh hi.sh',
        (error, stdout, stderr) => {
            console.log(stdout);
            console.log(stderr);
            if (error !== null) {
                console.log(`exec error: ${error}`);
            }
        });

Here, when I run the nodejs file, it will execute the shell file and the output would be:

Run

node node_program.js

output

Hi There!

You can execute any script just by mentioning the shell command or shell script in exec callback.

Hope this helps! Happy coding :)

you can go:

var cp = require('child_process');

and then:

cp.exec('./myScript.sh', function(err, stdout, stderr) {
  // handle err, stdout, stderr
});

to run a command in your $SHELL.
Or go

cp.spawn('./myScript.sh', [args], function(err, stdout, stderr) {
  // handle err, stdout, stderr
});

to run a file WITHOUT a shell.
Or go

cp.execFile();

which is the same as cp.exec() but doesn't look in the $PATH.

You can also go

cp.fork('myJS.js', function(err, stdout, stderr) {
  // handle err, stdout, stderr
});

to run a javascript file with node.js, but in a child process (for big programs).

EDIT

You might also have to access stdin and stdout with event listeners. e.g.:

var child = cp.spawn('./myScript.sh', [args]);
child.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
  // handle stdout as `data`
});

You can execute any shell command using the shelljs module

 const shell = require('shelljs')

 shell.exec('./path_to_your_file')