Command DSL

The Axial.Process.DSL module offers short names and operators for constructing process specifications. Open it when command-shaped syntax reads better:

open Axial.Process.DSL

let countLines =
    cmd $"printf 'one\\ntwo\\n'"
    => cmd $"wc -l"

cmd tokenizes an interpolated template without invoking a shell. Each interpolation value remains one native argument. => connects stdout to the next command's stdin. Shells are explicit: use bash, sh, or pwsh when shell syntax is actually needed.

The DSL functions are aliases for the corresponding Process operations; they do not change execution semantics. Use cmdText for fixed text that should be tokenized, or Process.commandArgs when the executable and arguments are already separate values.

See Commands and composition for the short path and Scripts and shell syntax for command-line programs.