How to run bash commands in gulp?

Question

I want to add some bash commands at the end of gulp.watch function to accelerate my development speed. So, I am wondering if it is possible. Thanks!

Answer 1

The simplest solution is as easy as:

var child = require('child_process');
var gulp   = require('gulp');

gulp.task('launch-ls',function(done) {
   child.spawn('ls', [ '-la'], { stdio: 'inherit' });
});

It doesn't use node streams and gulp pipes but it will do the work.