send command to another program with batch file

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Hi.
for example I have a .bat file such as this :

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@ECHO OFF
cd /d D:\
anApp.exe
sthcmd D:\abc.text

now I want send command to anApp.exe
in cmd window I do this like this :

C++

C:\>cd /d D:\
D:\>anApp.exe
AnApp>sthcmd D:\abc.text

but when do taht with .bat file it work to line 3 and just run anApp.exe and dont send sthcmd to anApp.exe
how can I do that with .bat file ?

Posted 22-Mar-14 1:56am

mohammadali1375

Updated 22-Mar-14 1:59am

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kiquenet.com 12-Jan-18 11:10am

anApp source code ?

what is sthcmd ?

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-03-22T02:06:00

Solution 1

Try:

@ECHO OFF
cd /d D:\
ECHO sthcmd D:\abc.text | anApp.exe

Posted 22-Mar-14 2:06am

OriginalGriff

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mohammadali1375 22-Mar-14 8:33am

oh I want send some Successive command . whit this way .bat file send none comand after D:\abc.text

OriginalGriff 22-Mar-14 8:43am

That's not quite how batch files work: you would have to put the list of commands into a file, and pipe that to the command.
You can't just enter the commands you want to give in the batch file after the application name, because the batch file stops processing until the application exits.