How to invoke Linux command with JavaScript

Question

I am new in JavaScript, and now I want to run a Linux application in JavaScript and show the result in a web page. It all happens in client without a server. But for security is

Answer 1

With javascript alone can't be done. But you have at least two option to do this using javascript plus other technologies.

The first one is what Jivings sent, using Jquery to sent a post request to a scripting language at the server side.

The second way is to install Node.js. This platform runs on javascript engine, and has all the features you need from the language. After installing it just see this post that explains how to execute a command.