module main import os // a test where we execute a bash script but work around where we put script in bash inside bash fn exec(path string, redirect bool) { mut line := '' mut line_err := '' mut cmd := os.new_process('/bin/bash') if redirect { cmd.set_args(['-c', '/bin/bash /tmp/test.sh 2>&1']) } else { cmd.set_args([path]) } cmd.set_redirect_stdio() cmd.run() if cmd.is_alive() { for { line = cmd.stdout_read() println('STDOUT: ${line}') if !redirect { line_err = cmd.stderr_read() println('STDERR: ${line_err}') } if !cmd.is_alive() { break } } } if cmd.code > 0 { println('ERROR:') println(cmd) // println(cmd.stderr_read()) } } fn main() { script := ' echo line 1 #will use some stderr now echo redirect 1 to 2 1>&2 echo line 3 ' os.write_file('/tmp/test.sh', script) or { panic(err) } // os.chmod("/tmp/test.sh",0o700) //make executable // this will work because stderr/stdout are smaller than 4096 chars, once larger there can be deadlocks // in other words this can never work reliably without being able to check if there is data on stderr or stdout exec('/tmp/test.sh', false) // this will always work exec('/tmp/test.sh', true) }