System process execution

I execute system process "<expression>"

Executes a local system process or script.

Where

Example

  When I execute system process "echo 'Hello Gwen World'"
   And I execute system process "path/to/script.bat"

I execute system process "<expression>" delimited by "<delimiters>"

Executes a delimited local system process or script.

Where

<expression> the delimited system process to execute
- Delmiters are required for special cases such as when unbalanced quoted strings are passed as arguments (see example).
<delmiters> is a regex pattern defining the delimiter(s) used in <expression>

Example

  When I execute system process "echo,"quoted text " and orphan quote"" delimited by ","

I execute a unix system process "<expression>"

or since v3.14.2

I execute unix system process "<expression>"

Executes a local unix system process or shell script.

Where

Example

  When I execute a unix system process "echo 'Hello Gwen World'"
   And I execute a unix system process "./path/to/script.sh"

I execute unix system process "<expression>" delimited by "<delimiters>"

Executes a delimited local unix system process or script.

Where

<expression> the delimited system process to execute
- Delmiters are required for special cases such as when unbalanced quoted strings are passed as arguments (see example).
<delmiters> is a regex pattern defining the delimiter(s) used in <expression>

Example

  When I execute a unix system process "echo,"quoted text " and orphan quote"" delimited by ","