function exec(nodemonOptions, execMap) {
  if (!execMap) {
    execMap = {};
  }

  var options = utils.clone(nodemonOptions || {});
  var script;

  // if there's no script passed, try to get it from the first argument
  if (!options.script && (options.args || []).length) {
    script = expandScript(
      options.args[0],
      options.ext && '.' + (options.ext || 'js').split(',')[0]
    );

    // if the script was found, shift it off our args
    if (script !== options.args[0]) {
      options.script = script;
      options.args.shift();
    }
  }

  // if there's no exec found yet, then try to read it from the local
  // package.json this logic used to sit in the cli/parse, but actually the cli
  // should be parsed first, then the user options (via nodemon.json) then
  // finally default down to pot shots at the directory via package.json
  if (!options.exec && !options.script) {
    var found = execFromPackage();
    if (found !== null) {
      if (found.exec) {
        options.exec = found.exec;
      }
      if (!options.script) {
        options.script = found.script;
      }
      if (Array.isArray(options.args) && options.scriptPosition === null) {
        options.scriptPosition = options.args.length;
      }
    }
  }

  // var options = utils.clone(nodemonOptions || {});
  script = path.basename(options.script || '');

  var scriptExt = path.extname(script).slice(1);

  var extension = options.ext;
  if (extension === undefined) {
    var isJS = scriptExt === 'js' || scriptExt === 'mjs' || scriptExt === 'cjs';
    extension = isJS || !scriptExt ? 'js,mjs,cjs' : scriptExt;
    extension += ',json'; // Always watch JSON files
  }

  var execDefined = !!options.exec;

  // allows the user to simplify cli usage:
  // https://github.com/remy/nodemon/issues/195
  // but always give preference to the user defined argument
  if (!options.exec && execMap[scriptExt] !== undefined) {
    options.exec = execMap[scriptExt];
    execDefined = true;
  }

  options.execArgs = nodemonOptions.execArgs || [];

  if (Array.isArray(options.exec)) {
    options.execArgs = options.exec;
    options.exec = options.execArgs.shift();
  }

  if (options.exec === undefined) {
    options.exec = 'node';
  } else {
    // allow variable substitution for {{filename}} and {{pwd}}
    var substitution = replace.bind(null, {
      filename: options.script,
      pwd: process.cwd(),
    });

    var newExec = substitution(options.exec);
    if (
      newExec !== options.exec &&
      options.exec.indexOf('{{filename}}') !== -1
    ) {
      options.script = null;
    }
    options.exec = newExec;

    var newExecArgs = options.execArgs.map(substitution);
    if (newExecArgs.join('') !== options.execArgs.join('')) {
      options.execArgs = newExecArgs;
      delete options.script;
    }
  }

  if (options.exec === 'node' && options.nodeArgs && options.nodeArgs.length) {
    options.execArgs = options.execArgs.concat(options.nodeArgs);
  }

  // note: indexOf('coffee') handles both .coffee and .litcoffee
  if (
    !execDefined &&
    options.exec === 'node' &&
    scriptExt.indexOf('coffee') !== -1
  ) {
    options.exec = 'coffee';

    // we need to get execArgs set before the script
    // for example, in `nodemon --debug my-script.coffee --my-flag`, debug is an
    // execArg, while my-flag is a script arg
    var leadingArgs = (options.args || []).splice(0, options.scriptPosition);
    options.execArgs = options.execArgs.concat(leadingArgs);
    options.scriptPosition = 0;

    if (options.execArgs.length > 0) {
      // because this is the coffee executable, we need to combine the exec args
      // into a single argument after the nodejs flag
      options.execArgs = ['--nodejs', options.execArgs.join(' ')];
    }
  }

  if (options.exec === 'coffee') {
    // don't override user specified extension tracking
    if (options.ext === undefined) {
      if (extension) {
        extension += ',';
      }
      extension += 'coffee,litcoffee';
    }

    // because windows can't find 'coffee', it needs the real file 'coffee.cmd'
    if (utils.isWindows) {
      options.exec += '.cmd';
    }
  }

  // allow users to make a mistake on the extension to monitor
  // converts .js, pug => js,pug
  // BIG NOTE: user can't do this: nodemon -e *.js
  // because the terminal will automatically expand the glob against
  // the file system :(
  extension = (extension.match(/[^,*\s]+/g) || [])
    .map((ext) => ext.replace(/^\./, ''))
    .join(',');

  options.ext = extension;

  if (options.script) {
    options.script = expandScript(
      options.script,
      extension && '.' + extension.split(',')[0]
    );
  }

  options.env = {};
  // make sure it's an object (and since we don't have )
  if ({}.toString.apply(nodemonOptions.env) === '[object Object]') {
    options.env = utils.clone(nodemonOptions.env);
  } else if (nodemonOptions.env !== undefined) {
    throw new Error('nodemon env values must be an object: { PORT: 8000 }');
  }

  return options;
}
Discovers all the options required to run the script
and if a custom exec has been passed in, then it will
also try to work out what extensions to monitor and
whether there's a special way of running that script.

@param  {Object} nodemonOptions
@param  {Object} execMap
@return {Object} new and updated version of nodemonOptions