Re: command output to variables

["Michele Mondelli" <mithenks.ml@gmail.com>]

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A simple example of using pipe in Linux.

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/*
 * Run the 'ls' command and print the output to stdout.
 * 
 * Compile with 
 * 		gcc -Wall pipe.c -o pipe
 * 
 * 
 * Mithenks <mithenks@siena.linux.it>
 * 
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
	
	FILE *pipe;
	char buffer[1024];
	
	if ( (pipe = popen("ls","r") ) < 0 ) {
		perror("popen(): ");
		exit(-1);
	}
	
	
	fread(buffer,sizeof(buffer),1,pipe);
	printf("Output:\n%s\n",buffer);
	
	pclose(pipe);
	
	return 0;
}