How to run a CLI command from NodeJS?

Question

I need to write a terminal command like the following within my NodeJS application to copy a S3 file:

aws s3 cp s3://path-to-s3-fle local-file

Is there a way to do that from within the Node/JavaScript code? Any modules/dependencies that let you easily achieve that?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20643470/execute-a-command-line-binary-with-node-js — Jeremy Harris, Nov 01 '19 at 20:21
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20643470/execute-a-command-line-binary-with-node-js duplicated ^^ — Rubislandy Rodriguez, Apr 27 '21 at 15:18

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '19 at 20:20

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const {exec} = require('child_process');
exec('aws s3 cp s3://path-to-s3-fle local-file');

answered Nov 01 '19 at 20:20

gabriel.hayes

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