Run a command provided as a string
examples/external/run-string/src/main.rs
use std::process::Command; fn main() { let command = "ls -l -a -s"; let parts: Vec<&str> = command.split(' ').collect(); //println!("{:?}", parts); let cmd = &parts[0]; let args = &parts[1..parts.len()]; let result = Command::new(cmd) .args(args) .output() .expect("ls command failed to start"); println!("stdout:\n{}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stdout).unwrap()); println!("stderr:\n{}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stderr).unwrap()); println!("{}", result.status); }