Question

how do i use c# to run command prompt commands?
Lets say i want to run these commands in a sequence:

cd F:/File/File2/...FileX/
ipconfig
ping google.com

or something like that…Can someone make this method:

void runCommands(String[] commands) 
{
    //method guts...
}

such that your input is a series of string commands (i.e [“ipconfig”,”ping 192.168.192.168″,”ping google.com”,”nslookup facebook.com”) that should be executed on a single command prompt in the specific sequence in which they are put in the array. Thanks.

Answer 1

that should be executed on a single command prompt in the specific
sequence in which they are put in the array

You could write command sequence in a bat file and run as below.

// Start the child process.
 Process p = new Process();
 // Redirect the output stream of the child process.
 p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
 p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
 p.StartInfo.FileName = "YOURBATCHFILE.bat";
 p.Start();
 // Do not wait for the child process to exit before
 // reading to the end of its redirected stream.
 // p.WaitForExit();
 // Read the output stream first and then wait.
 string output = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
 p.WaitForExit();

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