Is there a way to write an executable shell script file using fs.writeFileSync

Fundamentally i'm trying to output a .sh file via a CLI and i want that .sh file to be executable so i do not need to manually run a chmod +x "filename" once the file gets outputted from CLI.

Is there a way to write an executable shell script file using fs.writeFileSync

Fundamentally i'm trying to output a .sh file via a CLI and i want that .sh file to be executable so i do not need to manually run a chmod +x "filename" once the file gets outputted from CLI.

• javascript
• node.js
• chmod

• nodejs/api/fs.html#fs_fs_chmodsync_path_mode & stackoverflow./questions/8756639/… – Will Commented Jul 6, 2017 at 18:48
• the nodeJS filesystem module is your way to go – taha Commented Jul 6, 2017 at 18:52
• you can even create shell scripts that will get interpreted by node instead of bash – taha Commented Jul 6, 2017 at 18:55

1 Answer 1

You can create the script file and set the permissions within Node using the filesystem (fs) module.

var fs = require('fs');

var script_name = "myscript.sh";
var script_content = "echo Hello world!";

fs.writeFileSync(script_name, script_content);
fs.chmodSync(script_name, "755");

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