Command line interpreter for Windows using node.js

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I'm currently porting some batch files to node.js. I feel more comfortable writing in JavaScript but for simple operations like copying a file, instead of:

copy in.txt out.txt

we have to write some more words...:

var fs = require ("fs");
var file = fs.createReadStream ("in.txt");
var newFile = fs.createWriteStream ("out.txt");

newFile.once ("open", function (fd){
    require ("util").pump (file, newFile);
});

If we want to remove a directory and all its content we have to use a recursive function, so 2 simple lines in batch are equivalent to a lot of lines in node.js.

I think that node.js it's so flexible and powerful and you know that windows cmd sucks, so I'm asking here if someone knows a good unix-style command line interpreter for node.js.

Thanks.

EDIT: I've done a FileUtils library for node.js -> https://github.com/Gagle/Node-FileUtils

To me, this question reads a lot like "I want to use this hammer to drive this screw in." Why not use a shell scripting language (e.g. bash, from Cygwin) to do this? — Thomas
– Thomas, Commented Mar 25, 2012 at 19:28
Cygwin it's more oriented to provide an environment to compile C/C++ files in Windows and of course it can be used to write unix-style scripts. But I'm asking a specific package for node.js to ease the wokr of moving, copying, deleting, showing the content of a file/directory, creating empty files, etc. with simple commands. It could be an excellent module that so many people will use. I'm just giving ideas... — Gabriel Llamas
– Gabriel Llamas, Commented Mar 25, 2012 at 19:39
Well, you asked for a command-line interpreter, not a filesystem manipulation module. — Thomas
– Thomas, Commented Mar 25, 2012 at 19:47

user123444555621 · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-25 19:41:20Z

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Thy ShellJS: https://github.com/arturadib/shelljs

answered Mar 25, 2012 at 19:41

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David Frantz · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-25 19:34:57Z

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You are using the wrong tools. You would be far better off with BASH or Python. Personally I use Python on systems at work as itis almost ideal for such efforts.

answered Mar 25, 2012 at 19:34

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Joe White · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-25 19:47:34Z

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You could try the fileutils package. It's short on documentation, but a quick skim through its source reveals copyFileToFile and copyFileIntoDir functions, and an rm method that recursively removes directories.

answered Mar 25, 2012 at 19:47

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