dominique-mueller / exec-bin

Run any binary files / executables within your npm scripts.

exec-bin

Run any binary files / executables within your npm scripts.

What it does

Running binary files / executables within npm scripts works if it's either part of an installed package (node_modules/.bin) or globally installed. A binary that exists someplace else, e.g. in the project root, cannot easily be executed.

exec-bin is here to help! It's a (very!) small Node.js script that you can use to run binary files / executables, with all parameters being forwarded automatically. Fantastic!

How to install

You can get the exec-bin via npm by adding it as a new devDependency to your package.json file and running npm install. Alternatively, run the following command:

npm install exec-bin --save-dev

Requirements

• exec-bin requires NodeJS 12 (or higher) to be installed

How to use

Use exec-bin within your package.json scripts. For example:

{
  "scripts": {
    "build": "exec-bin path/to/my/binary --first-parameter=foobar --second-boolean-parameter"
  }
}