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| -rw-r--r-- | libs/core/luasrc/util.lua | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua index 638bb056a..51d66e08e 100644 --- a/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua +++ b/libs/core/luasrc/util.lua @@ -594,9 +594,24 @@ function exec(command) return data end ---- Execute given commandline and gather stdout. +--- Return a line-buffered iterator over the output of given command. -- @param command String containing the command to execute --- @return Table containing the command's stdout splitted up in lines +-- @return Iterator +function execi(command) + local pp = io.popen(command) + + return pp and function() + local line = pp:read() + + if not line then + pp:close() + end + + return line + end +end + +-- Deprecated function execl(command) local pp = io.popen(command) local line = "" |