Executing multiple shell commands cleanly in Node.js with async
async.parallel([
async.apply(exec, 'git rev-parse HEAD'),
async.apply(exec, 'git symbolic-ref --short HEAD')
],
function (err, results) {
console.log(results);
});
First, the async.parallel call executes all functions in the array
concurrently. If you need the commands to be executed in order, use
async.series instead. async.apply returns the function passed as a
first argument with values already applied to its arguments and sets the
async.parallel callback for us. Finally, the last functions receives
the results in order when all functions have finished executing. It
preserves the order of results as you would expect them.
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