# Idiomatic way to spawn subprocesses

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/idiomatic-way-to-spawn-subprocesses/27222>\
**Category:** Native\
**Created:** [August 10, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/idiomatic-way-to-spawn-subprocesses/27222 "2023-08-10T09:36:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![NorseDreki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@NorseDreki](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/NorseDreki)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/idiomatic-way-to-spawn-subprocesses/27222/1 "2023-08-10T09:36:52Z")

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Would there be any idiomatic way to spawn subprocesses from Kotlin Native code?

For example, Python has the `subprocess` package for that, and Rust has `Command`.

Clues would be welcome. Thanks.