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sansa stark · Oct 7, 2016

Is there any alternate way to run .exe in Ensemble without using $zf command?

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Bernd Mueller · Oct 10, 2016

on Unix and Windows you can use PIPES:

s prog="whoami",oldIO=$IO open prog:"QR" use prog read result c prog use oldIO w !,result

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2016-10-07T06:33:00-04:00

Eduard Lebedyuk · Oct 7, 2016

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score 2 · Answer 2 · 2016-10-07T06:48:41-04:00

John Murray · Oct 7, 2016

Can you tell us why you need an alternative?

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score 0 · Answer 3 · 2016-11-10T10:07:40-05:00

I am having trouble understanding this example in terms of the documentation for open:

What does the "QR" mean here? According to the docbook, the second argument to open should be in parenthesis, why that not necessary here?

Answer:

Both the "QR" and "|PIPES|" string are documented here:

score 2 · Answer 4 · 2016-10-10T10:49:31-04:00

Open "|CPIPE|":("dir":"R"):5 Use "|CPIPE|" Read sLine:5 Close "|CPIPE|"

Replace "dir" with your command, If you care about all the responses you'll need to do multiple read's and check $ZEOF or a timeout.