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tobert merged 1 commit into from
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feat(windows/exec): Spawn powershell to run Windows commands #179

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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions otelcli/exec.go
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Expand Up @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
"fmt"
"os"
"os/exec"
"runtime"
"strings"

"github.com/spf13/cobra"
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Value: attribute.StringValue(commandString),
})

// should this also work on Windows? for now, assume not
child := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", commandString)
// use cmd.exe to launch PowerShell on Windows
var shell string
if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
shell = "cmd.exe"
commandString = "/C powershell " + commandString
} else {
shell = "/bin/sh"
}

child := exec.Command(shell, "-c", commandString)

// attach all stdio to the parent's handles
child.Stdin = os.Stdin
child.Stdout = os.Stdout
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