fix: Astro info throws when xclip is not available (#9042)

* Update index.ts * Create hot-teachers-wave.md * Update .changeset/hot-teachers-wave.md Co-authored-by: Bjorn Lu <bjornlu.dev@gmail.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Bjorn Lu <bjornlu.dev@gmail.com>
withastro · Nov 22, 2023 · e734603 · e734603
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diff --git a/.changeset/hot-teachers-wave.md b/.changeset/hot-teachers-wave.md
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+---
+'astro': patch
+---
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+Safely bail when the `xclip` command does not exist on Linux when trying to copy to clipboard with `astro info`
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/cli/info/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/info/index.ts
@@ -49,13 +49,19 @@ async function copyToClipboard(text: string) {
 	} else if (system === 'win32') {
 		command = 'clip';
 	} else {
-		// Unix: check if `xclip` is installed
-		const output = execSync('which xclip', { encoding: 'utf8' });
-		if (output[0] !== '/') {
-			// Did not find a path for xclip, bail out!
-			return;
+		try {
+			// Unix: check if `xclip` is installed
+			const output = execSync('which xclip', { encoding: 'utf8' });
+			if (output[0] !== '/') {
+				// Did not find a path for xclip, bail out!
+				return;
+			}
+			command = 'xclip -sel clipboard -l 1';
+		}
+		catch (e) {
+			// Did not find xclip, bail out!
+			return
 		}
-		command = 'xclip -sel clipboard -l 1';
 	}
 
 	console.log();