Add $(bash:) . Refactor command.swift.

Had to add leading spaces (shudder) to the documentation comment to get Xcode to render it properly. Hopefully this is just a temporary fix.

SwiftShell/Command.swift

@@ -16,24 +16,28 @@ import Foundation
 
 extension ShellContextType {
 
-	func runLater (shellcommand: String, args: [String]) -> NSTask {
+	func setupTask (executable: String, args: [String]) -> NSTask {
 		let task = NSTask()
 		task.arguments = args
-		task.launchPath = shellcommand
-		task.environment = main.env
+		task.launchPath = executable
+
+		task.environment = self.env
+		task.currentDirectoryPath = self.currentdirectory
+
+		task.standardInput = self.stdin
+		task.standardOutput = self.stdout
+		task.standardError = self.stderror
 
 		return task
 	}
 
-	func runLater (bash bashcommand: String) -> NSTask {
-		return runLater("/bin/bash", args: ["-c", bashcommand])
+	func setupTask (bash bashcommand: String) -> NSTask {
+		return setupTask("/bin/bash", args: ["-c", bashcommand])
 	}
+	
 
-	/** Shortcut for in-line command, returns output as String. */
-	public func $ (shellcommand: String, args: String ...) -> String {
-		let task = runLater(shellcommand, args: args)
-
-		// avoids implicit reading of the main script's standardInput
+	private func outputFrom$ (task: NSTask) -> String {
+		// avoids implicit reading from standardInput
 		task.standardInput = NSPipe ()
 
 		let output = NSPipe ()
@@ -41,8 +45,32 @@ extension ShellContextType {
 		task.standardError = output
 		task.launch()
 		task.waitUntilExit()
+		var outputstring = output.fileHandleForReading.read(encoding: self.encoding)
 
-		return output.fileHandleForReading.read(encoding: self.encoding)
+		// if output is single-line, trim it.
+		if outputstring.hasSuffix("\n") && outputstring.characters.indexOf("\n") == outputstring.endIndex.predecessor() {
+			outputstring = outputstring.stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(.whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet())
+		}
+
+		return outputstring
+	}
+
+	/** 
+   Shortcut for shell command, returns output and errors as a String.
+
+   - parameter args: the arguments, one string for each.
+   - returns: standard output and standard error in one string, trimmed of whitespace and newline if it is single-line.
+	*/
+	public func $ (executable: String, _ args: String ...) -> String {
+		return outputFrom$(setupTask(executable, args: args))
+	}
+
+	/** 
+   Shortcut for bash shell command, returns output and errors as a String.
+
+	- returns: standard output and standard error in one string, trimmed of whitespace and newline if it is single-line.
+	*/
+	public func $ (bash bashcommand: String) -> String {
+		return outputFrom$(setupTask(bash: bashcommand))
 	}
-	
 }

SwiftShellTests/Command_Tests.swift

@@ -11,4 +11,16 @@ import XCTest
 
 class Command_Tests: XCTestCase {
 
+	func test$BashCommand () {
+		XCTAssertEqual( main.$(bash:"echo one"), "one" )
+	}
+
+	func testSingleline$Command () {
+		XCTAssertEqual( main.$("/bin/echo", "one", "two"), "one two" )
+	}
+
+	func testMultiline$Command () {
+		XCTAssertEqual( main.$("/bin/echo", "one\ntwo"), "one\ntwo\n" )
+	}
+
 }

SwiftShellTests/Context_Tests.swift

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ class Context_Tests: XCTestCase {
 		main.currentdirectory = "/tmp"
 
 		XCTAssertEqual( main.currentdirectory, "/private/tmp" )
-		XCTAssertEqual( main.$("/bin/pwd"), "/tmp\n" )
+		XCTAssertEqual( main.$("/bin/pwd"), "/tmp" )
 	}
 }