Cross-platform method to pipe Create React App stdout in order to prevent scripts from clearing the console

package.json

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "ts-node scripts/start-cra"
  }
}

start-cra.ts

import { spawn } from 'child_process'
import { resolve } from 'path'

const cwd = resolve(__dirname)

/**
 * Because CRA refuses to allow users from preventing console clearing
 * https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2495
 *
 * This is the cross-platform equivalent to piping to `cat`
 * 
 * This is particularly useful when running CRA alongside other runtime processes
 */
const start = spawn('npx', ['react-scripts', 'start'], {
  shell: true,
  cwd,
})

start.stdout.pipe(process.stdout)

facebook/create-react-app#2495