axx

- execution of shell commands
- async/await functionality for easy concurrency control
- streaming, proper piping

$3

$3

lean functions

- axx — run shell command
- raxx — read from file
- waxx — write to file
- caxx — log to stdout (the console)

memory-hog functions

- maxx — same as axx, but returns the full stdout result
- mraxx — same as raxx, but returns the whole file to result

$3

``javascript

const {axx, raxx, waxx} = require("axx")

const n = $(npm bin) // "node_modules/.bin"

async function build() {

// minify a script
await
raxx(myscript.js,
axx(${n}/uglifyjs --compress --mangle,
waxx(myscript.min.js)
)
)

// run a few concurrent operations, wait for them all to complete
await Promise.all([
axx(${n}/tsc),
axx(cat src/a src/b, waxx(dist/c)),
axx(${n}/node-sass --source-map true src/s.scss dist/s.css)
])

console.log("✔ done build")
}

`

some more contrived examples

`javascript

// log the package.json to the console just so i can see it
await raxx(package.json, caxx())

// alternative (memory-hog) way to log to the console
const text = await mraxx(LICENSE.txt)
console.log(text)

``