From: http://www.dzone.com/snippets/execute-unix-command-nodejs
To execute shell commands:
var sys = require('sys')
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
exec('command', function (error, stdout, stderr) {});
From: Run shell script with node.js (childProcess),
To run a program bar.sh in your home folder with the argument 'foo':
var foo = 'foo';
exec('~/bar.sh ' + foo,
function (error, stdout, stderr) {
if (error !== null) {
console.log(error);
} else {
console.log('stdout: ' + stdout);
console.log('stderr: ' + stderr);
}
});