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shell exec possibility

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
go, shell
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the cmk prompt command-dispatch entry point and any existing command execution tests. Determine the expected handling and completion criteria for running a shell command from the prompt, including how its output is exposed to subsequent cmk commands.

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Description

As a user/operator I would like to exec a shell command, like for instance ls -lR /etc/cloudstack/extensions/ from the cmk prompt, to get some info to use in a command in cmk.

Dominant language
Go
Stars
120
Forks
79
Avg merge
1d 18h
Merged PRs (30d)
4

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