Redirecting the output of an exe file to a txt file

archana1234 · #1 July 3rd, 2008, 12:01 PM

I am running an application on windows. I don't have the source code :(..
I need to capture the output of this exe file and redirect it into a file using my script. Can anybody help me with this? Can I use TK or IO Capture module for this?

nithinpes · #2 July 3rd, 2008, 03:23 PM

If your exe application is directly displaying it's output to command window, use output redirection operator within system() command as in:

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system("tool.exe >> result.txt");

If your tool expects some user input, then you would need the display to appear both on command console as well as log file. Try using:

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open(STDOUT, "| tee result.txt STDOUT");

system("tool.exe >> result.txt");

close (STDOUT) ;

-Nithin

nithinpes · #3 July 4th, 2008, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nithinpes

If your exe application is directly displaying it's output to command window, use output redirection operator within system() command as in:

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system("tool.exe >> result.txt");

If your tool expects some user input, then you would need the display to appear both on command console as well as log file. Try using:

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open(STDOUT, "| tee result.txt");

system("tool.exe >> result.txt");

close (STDOUT) ;

-Nithin

Just a correction in the second code. It should be:

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open(STDOUT, "| tee result.txt");

system("tool.exe");

close (STDOUT) ;

Redirecting the output of an exe file to a txt file

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