How To: Execute command line in C#, get STD OUT results

Question

How do I execute a command-line program from C# and get back the STD OUT results? Specifically, I want to execute DIFF on two files that are programmatically selected and wr

Answer 1

If you don't mind introducing a dependency, CliWrap can simplify this for you:

var cli = new Cli("target.exe");
var output = await cli.ExecuteAsync("arguments", "stdin");
var stdout = output.StandardOutput;