node-red/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html

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        <label for="node-input-command"><i class="icon-file"></i> Command</label>
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        <label for="node-input-append"><i class="icon-list"></i> Append</label>
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        <label for="node-input-useSpawn" style="width: 70%;">Use spawn() instead of exec() ?</label>
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    <div class="form-row">
        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
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<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="exec">
	<p>Call to a system command.<br/>This can be very dangerous...</p>
	<p>Provides 3 outputs... stdout, stderr, and return code.</p>
	<p>By default uses exec() which calls the command, waits for completion and then returns the complete result in one go. Along with any errors.</p>
	<p>Optionally can use spawn() instead, which returns output from stdout and stderr as the command runs (ie one line at a time). On completion then returns a return code (on the 3rd output).</p>
	<p>The optional append gets added to the command after the <b>msg.payload</b> (so you can do things like pipe etc.)</p>
</script>

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