Question

There is an example (let us say in a file named mybatch.bat):

@echo off
myprogram.exe
input_to_myprogram
another_input_to_myprogram
echo myprogram exit point here, so this is just an echo string

When I running myprogram.exe (it’s a simple console application) it asks me to input some string. When I pass a string to it (input_to_myprogram) it asks me for one more input string (another_input_to_myprogram). After that myprogram.exe is terminating, so all other commands in mybatch.bat are simple shell commands (not an input to myprogram.exe, because it has been terminated already).
I can use one more file to do the same by replacing call to myprogram.exe by myprogram.exe < myprogram_input.txt with myprogram_input.txt containing

input_to_myprogram
another_input_to_myprogram

but I can use only one file to do this (mybatch.bat).
So it is possible or not?
Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use echo to direct the required strings to myprogram.exe:

@echo off
(echo input_to_myprogram & echo another_input_to_myprogram) | myprogram.exe
another_program.exe