Parse and execute bash in javascript without doing any IO so you can use your own IO backend.

using the default line-buffering in node:

var bash = require('bashful');
var fs = require('fs');

var sh = bash({
    env: process.env,
    spawn: require('child_process').spawn,
    write: fs.createWriteStream,
    read: fs.createReadStream,
    exists: fs.exists
});

var s = sh.createStream();
process.stdin.pipe(s).pipe(process.stdout);

$ echo hello
hello
$ echo $PWD
/home/substack/projects/bashful
$ beep boop
No command "beep" found
$ echo beep boop | wc -c
10
$ false || true && echo bleep
bleep
$ echo ONE TWO THREE > outfile.txt
$ cat outfile.txt
ONE TWO THREE
$ wc -c < outfile.txt
14

in raw mode, you get history with up/down arrows, jumping around with left/right/home/end, and control characters like ^C and ^D:

var bash = require('bashful');
var fs = require('fs');

var sh = bash({
    env: process.env,
    spawn: require('child_process').spawn,
    write: fs.createWriteStream,
    read: fs.createReadStream,
    exists: fs.exists
});
sh.on('close', process.exit);

process.stdin.on('data', function (buf) {
    if (buf[0] === 13) process.stdout.write('\n');
    else if (buf[0] > 27 && buf[0] < 127) {
        process.stdout.write(buf);
    }
});
process.stdin.setRawMode(true);

var s = sh.createStream();
process.stdin.pipe(s).pipe(process.stdout);

var bash = require('bashful')

Create a new bashful shell sh from opts:

• opts.env - environment variables to use
• opts.write(file) - return a writable stream for file
• opts.read(file) - return a readable stream for file
• opts.exists(file, cb) - query whether file exists or not as the first argument to cb(ex)
• opts.spawn(cmd, args, opts) - return a process object or a stream
• opts.custom - array of builtin keywords to delegate to opts.spawn()

Create a duplex stream for the interpreter. Write commands, read command output.

Return a duplex stream for a single command expression expr. expr can have all the fanciness of pipes and control characters but won't split commands on newlines like sh.createStream() will.

Just before a command is executed, this event fires.

Just before a file is read, this event fires.

Just before a file is written to, this event fires.

When a process gets detached (with the & operator), this event fires with the job index and the process reference or stream object cmd.

You can also check the cmd.command and cmd.arguments to get the command and arguments of the original invocation.

When a detached process exits, this event fires with the job index and the process reference or stream object cmd.

You can also check the cmd.command and cmd.arguments to get the command and arguments of the original invocation.

The scope of this module is to only support the internally-defined bash functions you can list by typing help in a real bash shell.

• job_spec [&]
• &&, ;, ||, |, <, >
• $?
• cd [-L|[-P [-e]]] [dir]
• echo [-neE] [arg ...]
• eval [arg ...]
• exit [n]
• false
• filename [arguments]
• jobs [-lnprs] [jobspec ...] or jobs >
• pushd [-n] [+N | -N | dir]
• pwd [-LP]
• true

• (( expression ))
• . filename [arguments]
• :
• [ arg... ]
• [[ expression ]]
• alias [-p] [name[=value] ... ]
• bg [job_spec ...]
• bind [-lpvsPVS] [-m keymap] [-f filen>
• break [n]
• builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]]
• caller [expr]
• case WORD in [PATTERN [| PATTERN]...)>
• command [-pVv] command [arg ...]
• compgen [-abcdefgjksuv] [-o option] >
• complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-DE] >
• compopt [-o|+o option] [-DE] [name ..>
• continue [n]
• coproc [NAME] command [redirections]
• declare [-aAfFgilrtux] [-p] [name[=va>
• dirs [-clpv] [+N] [-N]
• disown [-h] [-ar] [jobspec ...]
• enable [-a] [-dnps] [-f filename] [na>
• exec [-cl] [-a name] [command [argume>
• export [-fn] [name[=value] ...] or ex>
• fc [-e ename] [-lnr] [first] [last] o>
• fg [job_spec]
• for NAME [in WORDS ... ] ; do COMMAND>
• for (( exp1; exp2; exp3 )); do COMMAN>
• function name { COMMANDS ; } or name >
• getopts optstring name [arg]
• hash [-lr] [-p pathname] [-dt] [name >
• help [-dms] [pattern ...]
• history [-c] [-d offset] [n] or hist>
• if COMMANDS; then COMMANDS; [ elif C>
• kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigs>
• let arg [arg ...]
• local [option] name[=value] ...
• logout [n]
• mapfile [-n count] [-O origin] [-s c>
• popd [-n] [+N | -N]
• printf [-v var] format [arguments]
• read [-ers] [-a array] [-d delim] [->
• readarray [-n count] [-O origin] [-s>
• readonly [-aAf] [name[=value] ...] o>
• return [n]
• select NAME [in WORDS ... ;] do COMM>
• set [-abefhkmnptuvxBCHP] [-o option->
• shift [n]
• shopt [-pqsu] [-o] [optname ...]
• source filename [arguments]
• suspend [-f]
• test [expr]
• time [-p] pipeline
• times
• trap [-lp] [[arg] signal_spec ...]
• type [-afptP] name [name ...]
• typeset [-aAfFgilrtux] [-p] name[=va>
• ulimit [-SHacdefilmnpqrstuvx] [limit>
• umask [-p] [-S] [mode]
• unalias [-a] name [name ...]
• unset [-f] [-v] [name ...]
• until COMMANDS; do COMMANDS; done
• variables - Names and meanings of so>
• wait [id]
• while COMMANDS; do COMMANDS; done
• { COMMANDS ; }