Running another program in console

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Is it possible to run another console application in running console. Lets say I got program that write hello world, i got her as exe file. Now I am running another program, can i run the other one in the second one? i want to run the hello world in the second program, its like running a process but in this console. I want to run the code and then continue the program that called it.

Is it possible some how?

I didn't find the answer anywhere... My idea is to write scripts and shell for them which will run them. If you got another idea i would like to hear it to. I want it in C# so cygwin or any other shell (which is not c#) won't help me.

@I4V as far as I understand OP is asking to run another process but in same console — Sriram Sakthivel
– Sriram Sakthivel, Commented Sep 15, 2013 at 12:25

David M. · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-15 12:27:35Z

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You should use System.Diagnostics.Proces class to run the secondary process More details here

answered Sep 15, 2013 at 12:27

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MyNick Over a year ago

Correct me if im wrong but this open the other process in another console. Can i open it in the console that is already open?

tbc · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-08 16:03:03Z

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What do you mean by same console? you want to run a program and get the result, If you don't want it to run in the background, the use:

Process p = Process.Start("exe fullname");
p.WaitForExit();
if (p.ExitCode == 0)
{
    //everything is good
}
else
{
    //the program wasn't successful
}

If however, you want it in the background, then you need to use a Task.
Here is a complete article regading tasks

Note: If it's another Console application, and you want to use the result, then use ProcessStartInfo

answered Feb 8, 2014 at 16:03

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