feat: make it so hilbish.run can return command output

api.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ var exports = map[string]util.LuaExport{
 	"inputMode": {hlinputMode, 1, false},
 	"interval": {hlinterval, 2, false},
 	"read": {hlread, 1, false},
-	"run": {hlrun, 1, false},
+	"run": {hlrun, 1, true},
 	"timeout": {hltimeout, 2, false},
 	"which": {hlwhich, 1, false},
 }
@@ -220,8 +221,10 @@ func unsetVimMode() {
 	util.SetField(l, hshMod, "vimMode", rt.NilValue, "Current Vim mode of Hilbish (nil if not in Vim mode)")
 }
 
-// run(cmd)
+// run(cmd, returnOut) -> exitCode, stdout, stderr
 // Runs `cmd` in Hilbish's sh interpreter.
+// If returnOut is true, the outputs of `cmd` will be returned as the 2nd and
+// 3rd values instead of being outputted to the terminal.
 // --- @param cmd string
 func hlrun(t *rt.Thread, c *rt.GoCont) (rt.Cont, error) {
 	if err := c.Check1Arg(); err != nil {
@@ -231,8 +234,21 @@ func hlrun(t *rt.Thread, c *rt.GoCont) (rt.Cont, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	var terminalOut bool
+	if len(c.Etc()) != 0 {
+		tout := c.Etc()[0]
+		termOut, ok := tout.TryBool()
+		terminalOut = termOut
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.New("bad argument to run (expected boolean, got " + tout.TypeName() + ")")
+		}
+	} else {
+		terminalOut = true
+	}
+
 	var exitcode uint8
-	err = execCommand(cmd)
+	stdout, stderr, err := execCommand(cmd, terminalOut)
 
 	if code, ok := interp.IsExitStatus(err); ok {
 		exitcode = code
@@ -240,7 +256,14 @@ func hlrun(t *rt.Thread, c *rt.GoCont) (rt.Cont, error) {
 		exitcode = 1
 	}
 
-	return c.PushingNext1(t.Runtime, rt.IntValue(int64(exitcode))), nil
+	stdoutStr := ""
+	stderrStr := ""
+	if !terminalOut {
+		stdoutStr = stdout.(*bytes.Buffer).String()
+		stderrStr = stderr.(*bytes.Buffer).String()
+	}
+
+	return c.PushingNext(t.Runtime, rt.IntValue(int64(exitcode)), rt.StringValue(stdoutStr), rt.StringValue(stderrStr)), nil
 }
 
 // cwd()

exec.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"os/exec"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func handleLua(cmdString string) (uint8, error) {
 }
 
 func handleSh(cmdString string) (uint8, error) {
-	err := execCommand(cmdString)
+	_, _, err := execCommand(cmdString, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		// If input is incomplete, start multiline prompting
 		if syntax.IsIncomplete(err) {
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func handleSh(cmdString string) (uint8, error) {
 				if err != nil {
 					break
 				}
-				err = execCommand(cmdString)
+				_, _, err = execCommand(cmdString, true)
 				if syntax.IsIncomplete(err) || strings.HasSuffix(cmdString, "\\") {
 					continue
 				} else if code, ok := interp.IsExitStatus(err); ok {
@@ -153,10 +154,16 @@ func handleSh(cmdString string) (uint8, error) {
 }
 
 // Run command in sh interpreter
-func execCommand(cmd string) error {
+func execCommand(cmd string, terminalOut bool) (io.Writer, io.Writer, error) {
 	file, err := syntax.NewParser().Parse(strings.NewReader(cmd), "")
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	var stdout io.Writer = os.Stdout
+	var stderr io.Writer = os.Stderr
+	if !terminalOut {
+		stdout = new(bytes.Buffer)
+		stderr = new(bytes.Buffer)
 	}
 
 	var bg bool
@@ -320,7 +327,7 @@ func execCommand(cmd string) error {
 	}
 
 	runner, _ := interp.New(
-		interp.StdIO(os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr),
+		interp.StdIO(os.Stdin, stdout, stderr),
 		interp.ExecHandler(exechandle),
 	)
 
@@ -340,11 +347,11 @@ func execCommand(cmd string) error {
 
 		err = runner.Run(context.TODO(), stmt)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return stdout, stderr, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return stdout, stderr, nil
 }
 
 func lookpath(file string) error { // custom lookpath function so we know if a command is found *and* is executable