Javascript from shell script

Question

Is it possible to call javascript inside a shell script? For example,

echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo "
     <html>
     <script type="text/javascript">
     document.write("<p>" + Date() + "</p>");
     </script>
     </html>
     "

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Van Coding · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 14:18:18Z

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By default: No. But you could install applications that can run javascript like node.js or rhino.

answered May 11, 2011 at 14:18

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Anderson Green Over a year ago

It's also possible to start a node.js script from a shell script using the command node name_of_script.js.

Lukasz · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 14:26:18Z

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If your script is used by CGI (Common Gateway Interface) application, then yes, you can include HTML with embedded JavaScript.

EDIT: JavaScript is a client-side technology. You won't get any trace of JavaScript running on server, because it won't be executed on server (unless we're talking about Server Side JavaScript but I don't think so).

edited May 11, 2011 at 14:26

answered May 11, 2011 at 14:18

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Lukasz Over a year ago

@thetux: I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve - see my comment.

Constantinius · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 14:17:52Z

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Try RhinoShell.

answered May 11, 2011 at 14:17

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karlphillip · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 14:33:21Z

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You'll need to install a javascript engine on your system to be able to call it from bash and execute your javascript code. Check SpiderMonkey.

answered May 11, 2011 at 14:33

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karlphillip Over a year ago

After searching our forums a little, I found out that your question might be too related to this one: stackoverflow.com/q/2283234/176769

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