How to redirect a certain input string to an executable in batch file

Question

In Linux it is very easy to start a cgi program from a batch file with a certain standard input:

echo "name=john&city=abc" | mycgiprogram

Now I want to do the same in a batch file.

I learned already that in the Windows cmd.exe shell you have to write "start" to start an executable file:

start mycgiprogram

But how is it possible to transfer a certain input string as in the above linux example to the cgi program?

Thanks a lot in advance

You can pipe output from one command to another command the same way in a batch file. — Squashman
– Squashman, Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 14:55
The solution on Windows: echo "name=john&city=abc" | mycgiprogram — indiv
– indiv, Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 19:57

ths · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-02 00:41:50Z

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echo name=john^&city=abc | mycgiprogram

No quotes, as those will be echo'd, too. You need to escape the &, so it will not be interpreted by the command shell.

You do not need start to run a program, that would be resembling the appended & in unix, in that it starts the program in parallel in a separate shell.

answered Nov 2, 2015 at 0:41

ths

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