Pipe:read([ delay ]) method
Reads from the Pipe (from the stdout and stderr of the executed process).
Parameters
[ delay ]
An optionalnumber representing the delay to wait before reading, in milliseconds, defaulting to 100
Return value
Returns a Task instance.Once finished, the Task will return a
string or nil if the executed process has been terminated.
Example
local pipe = sys.Pipe('cmd /K dir /B')
-- Shows current directory content
local output = await(pipe:read())
print(output)