Visual Studio Codeの拡張機能で外部コマンドを実行したい

そんなプラグイン作りたい時もありますよね？ ということでやり方。

importでchild_processを読み込んで、それのexecを呼ぶだけです。yo codeで作成したTypeScriptのプロジェクトだと以下のような感じ。java -versionを出力ウィンドウに出しています。

'use strict';
// The module 'vscode' contains the VS Code extensibility API
// Import the module and reference it with the alias vscode in your code below
import * as vscode from 'vscode';
import * as child_process from 'child_process';

// this method is called when your extension is activated
// your extension is activated the very first time the command is executed
export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {

    var outputChannel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel("java");
    // Use the console to output diagnostic information (console.log) and errors (console.error)
    // This line of code will only be executed once when your extension is activated
    console.log('Congratulations, your extension "helloworldextensions" is now active!');

    // The command has been defined in the package.json file
    // Now provide the implementation of the command with  registerCommand
    // The commandId parameter must match the command field in package.json
    let disposable = vscode.commands.registerCommand('extension.sayHello', () => {
        // The code you place here will be executed every time your command is executed
        child_process.exec('java -version', (error, stdout, stderror) => {
            outputChannel.appendLine(stdout);
            outputChannel.appendLine(stderror);
        });
    });

    context.subscriptions.push(disposable);
}

// this method is called when your extension is deactivated
export function deactivate() {
}

ふむふむ。