scitex-sh 0.1.2

Safe subprocess wrapper (list-only, no shell injection) with stream/timeout support — standalone module from the SciTeX ecosystem

scitex-sh

Safe subprocess wrapper — list-only (no shell-string parsing), structured result, timeouts, streaming.

Full Documentation · pip install scitex-sh

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Installation

pip install scitex-sh

Quick Start

import scitex_sh as sh

res = sh.sh(["git", "status"])
print(res["stdout"])

1 Interfaces

Python API

import scitex_sh as sh

# Dict result (stdout / stderr / returncode / success)
res = sh.sh(["git", "status"])

# String result
out = sh.sh(["ls", "-la"], return_as="str")

# Streamed output
sh.sh(["./long-running.sh"], stream_output=True)

# Timeout
sh.sh(["sleep", "10"], timeout=2)

# Lower-level
res = sh.sh_run(["echo", "hi"])
sh.quote("hello world")            # 'hello world' (POSIX-quoted)

Status

Standalone fork of scitex.sh. Zero deps (pure stdlib). The umbrella package's scitex.sh import path is preserved via a sys.modules-alias bridge. The scitex.str.color_text dep used for terminal output is replaced with a tiny inline ANSI helper that respects NO_COLOR and TTY detection.

Part of SciTeX

scitex-sh is part of SciTeX.

Four Freedoms for Research

0. The freedom to run your research anywhere — your machine, your terms.
1. The freedom to study how every step works — from raw data to final manuscript.
2. The freedom to redistribute your workflows, not just your papers.
3. The freedom to modify any module and share improvements with the community.

AGPL-3.0 — because we believe research infrastructure deserves the same freedoms as the software it runs on.

License

AGPL-3.0-only (see LICENSE).

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