Function duct::sh

pub fn sh<T: ToExecutable>(command: T) -> Expression

Create a command from a string of shell code.

This invokes the operating system's shell to execute the string: /bin/sh on Unix-like systems and cmd.exe on Windows. This can be very convenient sometimes, especially in small scripts and examples. You don't need to quote each argument, and all the operators like | and > work as usual.

However, building shell commands at runtime brings up tricky whitespace and escaping issues, so avoid using sh and format! together. Prefer cmd! instead in those cases. Also note that shell commands don't tend to be portable between Unix and Windows.

Example

use duct::sh;

let output = sh("echo foo bar baz").read();

assert_eq!("foo bar baz", output.unwrap());