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Bun Shell is a cross-platform bash-like shell built in to Bun. It provides a simple way to run shell commands in JavaScript and TypeScript. To get started, import the $ function from the bun package and use it to run shell commands.
/icons/typescript.svgfoo.ts
import {$} from 'bun';

await $`echo Hello, world!`; // => "Hello, world!"
The $ function is a tagged template literal that runs the command and returns a promise that resolves with the command’s output.
/icons/typescript.svgfoo.ts
import {$} from 'bun';

const output = await $`ls -l`.text();
console.log(output);
To get each line of the output as an array, use the lines method.
/icons/typescript.svgfoo.ts
import {$} from 'bun';

for await (const line of $`ls -l`.lines()) {
	console.log(line);
}
See Docs > API > Shell for complete documentation.
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