Many examples in the .net help. Here is one at
ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2003OCT.1033/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdiagnos
ticsprocessclassstandardinputtopic.htm
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace Process_StandardInput_Sample
{
class StandardInputTest
{
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine("Ready to sort one or more text lines...");
// Start the Sort.exe process with redirected input.
// Use the sort command to sort the input text.
Process myProcess = new Process();
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "Sort.exe";
myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
myProcess.Start();
StreamWriter myStreamWriter = myProcess.StandardInput;
// Prompt the user for input text lines to sort.
// Write each line to the StandardInput stream of
// the sort command.
String inputText;
int numLines = 0;
do
{
Console.WriteLine("Enter a line of text (or press the Enter key
to stop):");
inputText = Console.ReadLine();
if (inputText.Length > 0)
{
numLines ++;
myStreamWriter.WriteLine(inputText);
}
} while (inputText.Length != 0);
// Write a report header to the console.
if (numLines > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine(" {0} sorted text line(s) ", numLines);
Console.WriteLine("------------------------");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(" No input was sorted");
}
// End the input stream to the sort command.
// When the stream closes, the sort command
// writes the sorted text lines to the
// console.
myStreamWriter.Close();
// Wait for the sort process to write the sorted text lines.
myProcess.WaitForExit();
myProcess.Close();
}
}
}
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news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... You can redirect stdin so your can write strings to a stream and the
console will read it from std in like normal (i.e. type this.txt | myapp.exe".
Do you have an example?
