Question

Is there any way I coluld use some alternative approch to “redirecting command input” in windows command shell? For example, consider the following command:

app.exe < ListOfNames.txt

Content of the file ListOfNames.txt might be:
Name1
Name2
Name3

So, is it possible to avoid using redircting operator and use something like this:

app.exe Name1 Name2 Name3

Of course, this wouldn’t work, but is there some similar approach that could work?

Answer 1

You can try to win a Useless Use of Cat Award by using type on Windows:

type ListOfNames.txt | app.exe