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cmd.exe DOS Window
What is the simplest possible method i could use to write a string to an open cmd.exe DOS Window??
How would i forward all/read all text appearing in a cmd.exe DOS Window to my java program and recieve every line as a string?
*If my questions are unclear or more information/detail is required please let me know
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Re: cmd.exe DOS Window
Printing text out is easiest done using the System.out stream:
System.out.println("This is being printed in your command screen");
To read in text from the console, there are a few different solutions, the easiest being the Scanner object.
Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in); reader.next(); // reads the next string of characters, ending before a white space. reader.nextInt(); // reads the next integer-like string.
As always, you can use the command prompt's re-direction to send data from/to your java application.
:java Test >> output.txt
Re: cmd.exe DOS Window
If you wish to grab data from another program running in the cmd window and send data to it, then you will need to call the program through your java application with pipes.
Chris
Re: cmd.exe DOS Window
yeah thats what im looking to do (what freaky chris said), Helloworld922 those first two code boxes are basic input output methods you get taught in school, meaning my question wasnt clear enough, i apologise.
Chris if you could please explain that in terms of code Id really appreciate it
Re: cmd.exe DOS Window
You can use the same methods when you pipe your input/output from your java program. Piping is the last bit of code I posted (note that that's not actually java code, that's the command you would type into the command prompt). To redirect the command prompt's output to your java program, you would simply switch the order:
:some_prog.exe >> java my_app
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