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bun-shell

The bun-shell skill enables shell scripting in TypeScript using Bun's dollar template syntax and spawn APIs for command execution. Use it to run shell commands, interpolate variables safely, pipe commands together, handle subprocess output in multiple formats (text, JSON, lines, blob), manage environment variables and working directories, and handle command errors with exit code checking.

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SKILL.md

# Bun Shell

Bun provides powerful shell scripting capabilities with template literals and spawn APIs.

## Bun.$ (Shell Template)

### Basic Usage

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Run command
await $`echo "Hello World"`;

// Get output
const result = await $`ls -la`.text();
console.log(result);

// JSON output
const pkg = await $`cat package.json`.json();
console.log(pkg.name);
```

### Variable Interpolation

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

const name = "world";
const dir = "./src";

// Safe interpolation (escaped)
await $`echo "Hello ${name}"`;
await $`ls ${dir}`;

// Array expansion
const files = ["a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt"];
await $`touch ${files}`;
```

### Piping

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Pipe commands
const result = await $`cat file.txt | grep "pattern" | wc -l`.text();

// Chain with JavaScript
const files = await $`ls -la`.text();
const lines = files.split("\n").filter(line => line.includes(".ts"));
```

### Error Handling

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Throws on non-zero exit
try {
  await $`exit 1`;
} catch (err) {
  console.log(err.exitCode); // 1
  console.log(err.stderr);
}

// Quiet mode (no throw)
const result = await $`exit 1`.quiet();
console.log(result.exitCode); // 1

// Check exit code
const { exitCode } = await $`grep pattern file.txt`.quiet();
if (exitCode !== 0) {
  console.log("Pattern not found");
}
```

### Output Types

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Text
const text = await $`echo hello`.text();

// JSON
const json = await $`cat data.json`.json();

// Lines
const lines = await $`ls`.lines();

// Blob
const blob = await $`cat image.png`.blob();

// ArrayBuffer
const buffer = await $`cat binary.dat`.arrayBuffer();
```

### Environment Variables

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Set env for command
await $`echo $MY_VAR`.env({ MY_VAR: "value" });

// Access current env
$.env.MY_VAR = "value";
await $`echo $MY_VAR`;

// Clear env
await $`env`.env({});
```

### Working Directory

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Change directory for command
await $`pwd`.cwd("/tmp");

// Or globally
$.cwd("/tmp");
await $`pwd`;
```

## Bun.spawn

### Basic Spawn

```typescript
const proc = Bun.spawn(["echo", "Hello World"]);
const output = await new Response(proc.stdout).text();
console.log(output); // "Hello World\n"
```

### With Options

```typescript
const proc = Bun.spawn(["node", "script.js"], {
  cwd: "./project",
  env: {
    NODE_ENV: "production",
    ...process.env,
  },
  stdin: "pipe",
  stdout: "pipe",
  stderr: "pipe",
});

// Write to stdin
proc.stdin.write("input data\n");
proc.stdin.end();

// Read stdout
const output = await new Response(proc.stdout).text();
const errors = await new Response(proc.stderr).text();

// Wait for exit
const exitCode = await proc.exited;
```

### Stdio Options

```typescript
// Inherit (use parent's stdio)
Bun.spawn(["ls"], { stdio: ["inherit", "inherit", "inherit"] });

// Pipe (capture output)
Bun.spawn(["ls"], { stdin: "pipe", stdout: "pipe", stderr: "pipe" });

// Null (ignore)
Bun.spawn(["ls"], { stdout: null, stderr: null });

// File (redirect to file)
Bun.spawn(["ls"], {
  stdout: Bun.file("output.txt"),
  stderr: Bun.file("errors.txt"),
});
```

### Streaming Output

```typescript
const proc = Bun.spawn(["tail", "-f", "log.txt"], {
  stdout: "pipe",
});

const reader = proc.stdout.getReader();
while (true) {
  const { done, value } = await reader.read();
  if (done) break;
  console.log(new TextDecoder().decode(value));
}
```

## Bun.spawnSync

```typescript
// Synchronous execution
const result = Bun.spawnSync(["ls", "-la"]);

console.log(result.exitCode);
console.log(result.stdout.toString());
console.log(result.stderr.toString());
console.log(result.success); // exitCode === 0
```

## Shell Scripts

### Shebang Scripts

```typescript
#!/usr/bin/env bun
import { $ } from "bun";

// Script logic
const branch = await $`git branch --show-current`.text();
console.log(`Current branch: ${branch.trim()}`);

await $`npm test`;
await $`npm run build`;
```

```bash
chmod +x script.ts
./script.ts
```

### Complex Script

```typescript
#!/usr/bin/env bun
import { $ } from "bun";

async function deploy() {
  console.log("🚀 Starting deployment...");

  // Check for uncommitted changes
  const status = await $`git status --porcelain`.text();
  if (status.trim()) {
    console.error("❌ Uncommitted changes found!");
    process.exit(1);
  }

  // Run tests
  console.log("🧪 Running tests...");
  await $`bun test`;

  // Build
  console.log("🏗️ Building...");
  await $`bun run build`;

  // Deploy
  console.log("📦 Deploying...");
  await $`rsync -avz ./dist/ server:/app/`;

  console.log("✅ Deployment complete!");
}

deploy().catch((err) => {
  console.error("❌ Deployment failed:", err);
  process.exit(1);
});
```

### Parallel Commands

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Run in parallel
await Promise.all([
  $`npm run lint`,
  $`npm run typecheck`,
  $`npm run test`,
]);

// Or with spawn
const procs = [
  Bun.spawn(["npm", "run", "lint"]),
  Bun.spawn(["npm", "run", "typecheck"]),
  Bun.spawn(["npm", "run", "test"]),
];

await Promise.all(procs.map(p => p.exited));
```

## Interactive Commands

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

// Pass through stdin
const proc = Bun.spawn(["node"], {
  stdin: "inherit",
  stdout: "inherit",
  stderr: "inherit",
});

await proc.exited;
```

## Process Management

```typescript
const proc = Bun.spawn(["long-running-process"]);

// Kill process
proc.kill(); // SIGTERM
proc.kill("SIGKILL"); // Force kill

// Check if running
console.log(proc.killed);

// Get PID
console.log(proc.pid);

// Wait with timeout
const timeout = setTimeout(() => proc.kill(), 5000);
await proc.exited;
clearTimeout(timeout);
```

## Common Patterns

### Run npm/bun scripts

```typescript
import { $ } from "bun";

await $`bun run build`;
await $`bun test`;
await $`bunx tsc --noEmit`;
```

### Git Operations

```typescript
import { $ } from "b
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