Read commands from your own console app developed and send it to the Operating system Console command prompt to execute

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Hi Guys,

A quick question here.

Actually I want to develop a console application which would read the commands which we enter into it and then in spite of writing the logic myself for those commands to execute, I want the OS command prompt to do it.

Is this possible?

Please help!!!

Example scenario :

I run my console app and i enter like "md sam". Now this will create a directory named sam in the current folder, but i need to write the code in my console app for it to do this by reading this
and may be write a switch case('md') then Directoryinfo.CreateDirectory(). something like this

But i just need to read the "md sam" by my console app and then send the command to OS command prompt and it will do the remaining things for us.

Is it possible??

Please help !!!!

Thanks!!
Sam

Posted 7-May-13 1:18am

Sanman Marathe

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[no name] 7-May-13 7:52am

Yes.... yes it is possible. Completely unnecessary, but possible.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2013-05-07T02:02:00

Solution 1

You can do this (but why?) by using the Process.Start Method[^].

Posted 7-May-13 2:02am

Richard MacCutchan

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Sanman Marathe 7-May-13 10:51am

Actually they asked me this question at my Microsoft interview.. i couldn't answer it... i didn't even expect such questions...

Richard MacCutchan 7-May-13 10:53am

In interviews you should expect any question.

Sanman Marathe 8-May-13 3:16am

lucky for me i answered all remaining one's and cleared the round. Having my next round in the coming week... !!

Anilkumar2vvv · Answer 2 · 2013-05-07T02:13:00

Solution 2

U have to define arguments what ever u pass to the console application and just the run the console application using command prompt by passing values.

Posted 7-May-13 2:13am

Anilkumar2vvv