Util: Add class Shell for executing more basic OS shell commands

src/util/shell.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include <cstdio> // pclose, perror, popen
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+#include "util/shell.h"
+
+namespace Util {
+
+Shell::Shell()
+{
+}
+
+Shell::Shell(std::string output, int status)
+	: m_output(output)
+	, m_status(status)
+{
+}
+
+Shell Shell::operator()(const char* command)
+{
+	FILE* shell = popen(command, "r");
+	if (!shell) {
+		perror("\033[31;1mError:\033[0m popen");
+		return { "", -1 };
+	}
+
+	std::string output;
+
+	constexpr int bufferSize = 4096;
+	char buffer[bufferSize];
+	while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), shell)) {
+		output.append(buffer);
+	}
+
+	int status = pclose(shell);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		perror("\033[31;1mError:\033[0m pclose");
+	}
+
+	return { output, status };
+}
+
+Shell Shell::operator()(std::string command)
+{
+	return operator()(command.c_str());
+}
+
+Shell Shell::operator()(std::string_view command)
+{
+	return operator()(command.data());
+}
+
+} // namespace Util

src/util/shell.h

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#ifndef SHELL_H
+#define SHELL_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace Util {
+
+class Shell {
+public:
+	Shell();
+	virtual ~Shell() {}
+
+	Shell operator()(const char* command);
+	Shell operator()(std::string command);
+	Shell operator()(std::string_view command);
+
+	std::string output() const { return m_output; }
+	int status() const { return m_status; }
+
+private:
+	Shell(std::string output, int status);
+
+	std::string m_output;
+	int m_status { 0 };
+};
+
+} // namespace Util
+
+#endif // SHELL_H

src/util/system.cpp

@@ -160,20 +160,20 @@ System System::exec(std::string input)
 	int stdoutFd[2];
 	int stderrFd[2];
 	if (pipe(stdinFd) < 0) {
-		perror("\033[31;1mError\033[0m");
+		perror("\033[31;1mError:\033[0m pipe");
 	}
 	if (pipe(stdoutFd) < 0) {
-		perror("\033[31;1mError\033[0m");
+		perror("\033[31;1mError:\033[0m pipe");
 	}
 	if (pipe(stderrFd) < 0) {
-		perror("\033[31;1mError\033[0m");
+		perror("\033[31;1mError:\033[0m pipe");
 	}
 
 	pid_t pid = fork();
 	switch (pid) {
 	// Failed
 	case -1:
-		perror("\033[31;1mError\033[0m");
+		perror("\033[31;1mError:\033[0m fork");
 		break;
 	// Child
 	case 0: {