2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/shell.c b/stdlib/shell.c
index 593301a2..08898acc 100644
--- a/stdlib/shell.c
+++ b/stdlib/shell.c
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ public OptionalText_t Shell$run(Shell_t command)
     return Text$from_bytes(bytes);
 }
 
+public int32_t Shell$execute(Shell_t command)
+{
+    const char *cmd_str = Text$as_c_string(command);
+    return system(cmd_str);
+}
+
 static void _line_reader_cleanup(FILE **f)
 {
     if (f && *f) {
diff --git a/stdlib/shell.h b/stdlib/shell.h
index 9b4e77df..a8f35f65 100644
--- a/stdlib/shell.h
+++ b/stdlib/shell.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Shell_t Shell$escape_text(Text_t text);
 Shell_t Shell$escape_text_array(Array_t texts);
 OptionalArray_t Shell$run_bytes(Shell_t command);
 OptionalText_t Shell$run(Shell_t command);
+int32_t Shell$execute(Shell_t command);
 
 #define Shell$hash Text$hash
 #define Shell$compare Text$compare