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Bun Shell is a cross-platform bash-like shell built in to Bun. It provides a simple way to run shell commands in JavaScript and TypeScript. To get started, import the $ function from the bun package and use it to run shell commands.
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import { $ } from "bun";  await $`echo Hello, world!`; // => "Hello, world!"
The $ function is a tagged template literal that runs the command and returns a promise that resolves with the command’s output.
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import { $ } from "bun";  const output = await $`ls -l`.text(); console.log(output);
To get each line of the output as an array, use the lines method.
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import { $ } from "bun";  for await (const line of $`ls -l`.lines()) {  console.log(line); }
See Docs > API > Shell for complete documentation.