var util = require("util"), childProcess = require("child_process"); function next(i){ if (i <= 0) return ; var child = childProcess.spawn("echo", ["hello"] ); child.stdout.addListener("data", function (chunk){ util.print(chunk); } ); child.addListener("exit", function (code){ if (code != 0) process.exit(-1); next(i - 1); } ); } next(500);