shelljs/shx

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1870 stars · 51 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

shx is a CLI wrapper around ShellJS that provides portable Unix-like shell commands (ls, rm, cp, mkdir, etc.) for Node.js environments. It is designed for one-off commands in npm package scripts that work identically on Unix and Windows.

Use cases

• run cross-platform shell commands in npm package scripts
• delete build output directories with shx rm -rf in a clean script
• avoid writing separate bash and Windows batch scripts for node projects
• copy, move, or touch files from a package. script
• use unix commands like ls and pwd on Windows command line

When to choose

• you need bash-like one-liners in package. scripts that work on Windows and Unix
• you want a lightweight cross-platform alternative to shell scripting in node projects
• you already use ShellJS but want convenient CLI invocation

When to avoid

• you need to write long complex shell scripts in JavaScript (use ShellJS directly)
• you need full POSIX shell features like pipes, redirection, or environment variable expansion
• you need high-performance native shell tooling

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools file-system workflow-automation developer-tools cross-platform cli cross-platform windows shelljs npm-scripts unix-commands bash-like command-line automation nodejs linux macos

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