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normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
* `windowsVerbatimArguments` {boolean} No quoting or escaping of arguments is
done on Windows. Ignored on Unix. **Default:** `false`.
* `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses
* `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `file` inside of a shell. Uses
`'/bin/sh'` on Unix, and `process.env.ComSpec` on Windows. A different
shell can be specified as a string. See [Shell requirements][] and
[Default Windows shell][]. **Default:** `false` (no shell).
Expand All @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ except that it does not spawn a shell by default. Rather, the specified
executable `file` is spawned directly as a new process making it slightly more
efficient than [`child_process.exec()`][].

The same options as [`child_process.exec()`][] are supported. Since a shell is
The same options as [`child_process.exec()`][] are supported. If a shell is
not spawned, behaviors such as I/O redirection and file globbing are not
supported.

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**Default:** `'buffer'`.
* `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would
normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
* `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses
* `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `file` inside of a shell. Uses
`'/bin/sh'` on Unix, and `process.env.ComSpec` on Windows. A different
shell can be specified as a string. See [Shell requirements][] and
[Default Windows shell][]. **Default:** `false` (no shell).
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