Symbol

$.ShellPromise.arrayBuffer

Read from stdout as an ArrayBuffer

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@returns

A promise that resolves with stdout as an ArrayBuffer

const output = await $`echo hello`.arrayBuffer();
console.log(output); // ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 6 }

Referenced types

class ArrayBuffer

Represents a raw buffer of binary data, which is used to store data for the different typed arrays. ArrayBuffers cannot be read from or written to directly, but can be passed to a typed array or DataView Object to interpret the raw buffer as needed.

readonly [Symbol.toStringTag]: string
readonly byteLength: number
Read-only. The length of the ArrayBuffer (in bytes).
resize(newByteLength?: number): void
Resizes the ArrayBuffer to the specified size (in bytes).
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resize(byteLength: number): ArrayBuffer
Resize an ArrayBuffer in-place.
slice(begin: number, end?: number): ArrayBuffer
Returns a section of an ArrayBuffer.
transfer(newByteLength?: number): ArrayBuffer
Creates a new ArrayBuffer with the same byte content as this buffer, then detaches this buffer.
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transferToFixedLength(newByteLength?: number): ArrayBuffer
Creates a new non-resizable ArrayBuffer with the same byte content as this buffer, then detaches this buffer.
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