//*nix

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');

//*nix supports multiline commands
    
    cmd.runSync('touch ./example/example.created.file');

    cmd.run(
        `cd ./example
ls`,
        function(err, data, stderr){
            console.log('examples dir now contains the example file along with : ',data)
        }
    );

//Windows

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');

//Windows multiline commands are not guaranteed to work try condensing to a single line.
    
    const syncDir=cmd.runSync('cd ./example & dir');

    console.log(`
    
        Sync Err ${syncDir.err}
        
        Sync stderr:  ${syncDir.stderr}

        Sync Data ${syncDir.data}
    
    `);

    cmd.run(`dir`,
        function(err, data, stderr){
            console.log('the node-cmd dir contains : ',data)
        }
    );

//clone this repo!

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');
    
    const syncClone=cmd.runSync('git clone https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-cmd.git');

    console.log(syncClone);
    

    var cmd=require('node-cmd');

    var process=cmd.run('node');
    console.log(process.pid);

const cmd=require('node-cmd');

const processRef=cmd.run('python -i');
let data_line = '';

//listen to the python terminal output
processRef.stdout.on(
  'data',
  function(data) {
    data_line += data;
    if (data_line[data_line.length-1] == '\n') {
      console.log(data_line);
    }
  }
);

const pythonTerminalInput=`primes = [2, 3, 5, 7]
for prime in primes:
    print(prime)

`;

//show what we are doing
console.log(`>>>${pythonTerminalInput}`);

//send it to the open python terminal
processRef.stdin.write(pythonTerminalInput);