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title: Read stdout from a child process
sidebarTitle: Read stdout
mode: center
---

When you spawn a child process with [`Bun.spawn()`](/runtime/child-process), `proc.stdout` is a `ReadableStream` of the child's `stdout`.

```ts
const proc = Bun.spawn(["echo", "hello"]);

const output = await proc.stdout.text();
output; // => "hello\n"
```

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To pipe the child process's `stdout` to the parent's `stdout` instead, set the `stdout` option to `"inherit"`.

```ts
const proc = Bun.spawn(["echo", "hello"], {
  stdout: "inherit",
});
```

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See [Child processes](/runtime/child-process).