Subprocess example

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+#!../luxio-5.1
+
+package.path = package.path .. ":../?.lua"
+package.cpath = package.cpath .. ":../?.so"
+
+sio = require "luxio.simple"
+sp = require "luxio.subprocess"
+
+mytr = sp.spawn_simple {
+       "tr", "[a-z]", "[A-Z]",
+       stdin = sp.PIPE,
+       stdout = sp.PIPE,
+}
+
+mytr.stdin:write "Hello, world!\n"
+mytr.stdin:close()
+
+print(mytr.stdout:read "*a")
+
+print(mytr:wait())