Question: lua replacement for executable()?

[n8henrie]

Hello,

I hope opening an issue for this type of question is okay!

Is there a recommended lua replacement for vimscript's executable()?

My use-case is that I share a config between several machines, not all of which have the same language servers.

Instead of e.g. if executable("bash-language-server"), currently I'm using:

if os.execute("command -v bash-language-server") == 0 then
    nvim_lsp.bashls.setup({
    on_attach = default_lsp_on_attach,
    })
end

Is there a recommended alternative?

[nanotee]

Hello! Questions are definitely okay, but I would recommend the Neovim Discourse or the Matrix Room to get more eyeballs on your problem

As for executable(), that should already be covered by vim.fn since it's a Vimscript function:

if vim.fn.executable("bash-language-server") == 1 then
    nvim_lsp.bashls.setup({
    on_attach = default_lsp_on_attach,
    })
end

[n8henrie]

Thank you! Have used the subreddit a few times, will check out those resources as well.