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# Command Group
_Extension to [`Command`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/process/struct.Command.html) to spawn in a process group._
- **[API documentation][docs]**.
- [Dual-licensed][copyright] with Apache 2.0 and MIT.
- Uses [Caretaker Maintainership][caretaker].
- Minimum Supported Rust Version: 1.51.0.
[caretaker]: ./CARETAKERS.md
[copyright]: ./COPYRIGHT
[docs]: https://docs.rs/command-group
## Quick start
```toml
[dependencies]
command-group = "1.0.6"
```
```rust
use std::process::Command;
use command_group::CommandGroup;
let mut child = Command::new("watch").arg("ls").group_spawn()?;
let status = child.wait()?;
dbg!(status);
```
### Async: Tokio
```toml
[dependencies]
command-group = { version = "1.0.6", features = ["with-tokio"] }
tokio = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["full"] }
```
```rust
use tokio::process::Command;
use command_group::AsyncCommandGroup;
let mut child = Command::new("watch").arg("ls").group_spawn()?;
let status = child.wait().await?;
dbg!(status);
```