@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ the event loop until the spawned process either exits or is terminated.
4040
4141For convenience, the ` child_process ` module provides a handful of synchronous
4242and asynchronous alternatives to [ ` child_process.spawn() ` ] [ ] and
43- [ ` child_process.spawnSync() ` ] [ ] . * Note that each of these alternatives are
44- implemented on top of [ ` child_process.spawn() ` ] [ ] or [ ` child_process.spawnSync() ` ] [ ] .*
43+ [ ` child_process.spawnSync() ` ] [ ] . Note that each of these alternatives are
44+ implemented on top of [ ` child_process.spawn() ` ] [ ] or
45+ [ ` child_process.spawnSync() ` ] [ ] .
4546
4647 * [ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ] : spawns a shell and runs a command within that
4748 shell, passing the ` stdout ` and ` stderr ` to a callback function when
@@ -53,9 +54,9 @@ implemented on top of [`child_process.spawn()`][] or [`child_process.spawnSync()
5354 specified module with an IPC communication channel established that allows
5455 sending messages between parent and child.
5556 * [ ` child_process.execSync() ` ] [ ] : a synchronous version of
56- [ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ] that * will* block the Node.js event loop.
57+ [ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ] that will block the Node.js event loop.
5758 * [ ` child_process.execFileSync() ` ] [ ] : a synchronous version of
58- [ ` child_process.execFile() ` ] [ ] that * will* block the Node.js event loop.
59+ [ ` child_process.execFile() ` ] [ ] that will block the Node.js event loop.
5960
6061For certain use cases, such as automating shell scripts, the
6162[ synchronous counterparts] [ ] may be more convenient. In many cases, however,
@@ -527,8 +528,8 @@ added: v0.7.10
527528
528529On Windows, setting ` options.detached ` to ` true ` makes it possible for the
529530child process to continue running after the parent exits. The child will have
530- its own console window. * Once enabled for a child process, it cannot be
531- disabled* .
531+ its own console window. Once enabled for a child process, it cannot be
532+ disabled.
532533
533534On non-Windows platforms, if ` options.detached ` is set to ` true ` , the child
534535process will be made the leader of a new process group and session. Note that
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ pipes between the parent and child. The value is one of the following:
611612 for fds 0 - 2 are also available as [ ` subprocess.stdin ` ] [ ] ,
612613 [ ` subprocess.stdout ` ] [ ] and [ ` subprocess.stderr ` ] [ ] , respectively.
6136142 . ` 'ipc' ` - Create an IPC channel for passing messages/file descriptors
614- between parent and child. A [ ` ChildProcess ` ] [ ] may have at most * one* IPC
615+ between parent and child. A [ ` ChildProcess ` ] [ ] may have at most one IPC
615616 stdio file descriptor. Setting this option enables the
616617 [ ` subprocess.send() ` ] [ ] method. If the child is a Node.js process, the
617618 presence of an IPC channel will enable [ ` process.send() ` ] [ ] and
@@ -798,9 +799,9 @@ The `child_process.execSync()` method is generally identical to
798799[ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ] with the exception that the method will not return
799800until the child process has fully closed. When a timeout has been encountered
800801and ` killSignal ` is sent, the method won't return until the process has
801- completely exited. * Note that if the child process intercepts and handles the
802+ completely exited. Note that if the child process intercepts and handles the
802803` SIGTERM ` signal and doesn't exit, the parent process will wait until the child
803- process has exited.*
804+ process has exited.
804805
805806If the process times out or has a non-zero exit code, this method will throw.
806807The [ ` Error ` ] [ ] object will contain the entire result from
@@ -1329,8 +1330,8 @@ added: v0.1.90
13291330
13301331A ` Writable Stream ` that represents the child process's ` stdin ` .
13311332
1332- * Note that if a child process waits to read all of its input, the child will not
1333- continue until this stream has been closed via ` end() ` .*
1333+ Note that if a child process waits to read all of its input, the child will not
1334+ continue until this stream has been closed via ` end() ` .
13341335
13351336If the child was spawned with ` stdio[0] ` set to anything other than ` 'pipe' ` ,
13361337then this will be ` null ` .
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