safe_system: Execute system command safely (no shell injection)

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Execute system command safely (no shell injection)

Description

Execute system command safely (no shell injection)

Usage

safe_system(
  command,
  args = character(),
  allowed_commands = c("docker", "aws", "uname", "sysctl", "cat", "nproc"),
  stdin = NULL,
  stdout = "|",
  stderr = "|",
  ...
)

Arguments

command	Command to execute (must be in whitelist)
args	Character vector of arguments
allowed_commands	Commands allowed to be executed
stdin	Optional input to pass to stdin
...	Additional arguments passed to processx::run()

Value

Result from processx::run()

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