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How to pass & retrieve arguments to a .sh file in nodejs?

Can we pass arguments to a .sh file in Nodejs, i am trying to Spawn a .sh file, and want to pass some arguments while spawning,

  var command = spawn(__dirname + "/import.sh", {
    var1: "abc"
  });

in the above command i am trying to spawn the file import.sh and also trying to pass arguments along with it, i don't know if it's the correct way
and how to retrieve the variable value in the import.sh file?

Solution

  • Finally i got the answer:

    var env = Object.create(process.env);
env.var1 = "abc";

var command = spawn(__dirname + "/import.sh", {
    env: env
});

    and to retrieve this in import.sh simply do:

    if [ ${var1} == "abc" ]
then
    // your code goes here
fi

    that's it :)