Read from a Console

[whterbtobj]

How can I read output from a console?
I want to run a console program and then read outputs from it.

[JVene]

This depends on how you want to structure it, but you're asking about a typical Unix utility concept. Using cin and count, simply issue something like this at a command line:

program1 | program2

This is a "pipe" - the output of program1 is sent to the input of program2.

[whterbtobj]

I dont want to pipe.

I am building a Windows application that, at some point, calls a separate process (a command line application). The program takes quite some time to complete (about 5 minutes or more). How can I capture the console app's output in order to show it (in a textbox for instance) in my windows application?

[JVene]

Search for popen, either MSDN, standard C runtime library documentation, or google.

What you'll get is a reference to opening a pipe between your application and the console app you're launching.

[whterbtobj]

I tried popen but it won't let me read the output in real time.
I've to wait for the process to complete.

[JVene]

You could try CreateProcess, or read from there to the tributaries on the subject in MSDN