Bun Shell is a cross-platform bash-like shell built in to Bun.
It provides a simple way to run shell commands in JavaScript and TypeScript. To get started, import the $
function from the bun
package and use it to run shell commands.
import { $ } from "bun";
await $`echo Hello, world!`; // => "Hello, world!"
The $
function is a tagged template literal that runs the command and returns a promise that resolves with the command's output.
import { $ } from "bun";
const output = await $`ls -l`.text();
console.log(output);
To get each line of the output as an array, use the lines
method.
import { $ } from "bun";
for await (const line of $`ls -l`.lines()) {
console.log(line);
}
See Docs > API > Shell for complete documentation.