bin-version
Get the version of a binary in semver format
Install
npm install bin-version
Usage
$ curl --version
curl 7.30.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.0)
import binaryVersion from 'bin-version';
console.log(await binaryVersion('curl'));
//=> '7.30.0'
$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015
import binaryVersion from 'bin-version';
console.log(await binaryVersion('openssl'));
//=> '1.0.2'
$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015
import binaryVersion from 'bin-version';
console.log(await binaryVersion('openssl', {args: ['version']}));
//=> '1.0.2'
API
binaryVersion(binary, options?)
Returns a Promise<string> with the version of the binary.
binary
Type: string
The name of or path to the binary to get the version from.
options
Type: object
args
Type: string[]
The arguments to pass to binary so that it will print its version.
If not specified, predefined arguments will be used for known binaries, or ['--version'] and ['version'] arguments will be tried.