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How to execute a command and get return code stdout and stderr of command in C++

Colorful Cockroach answered on December 22, 2021 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer How to execute a command and get return code stdout and stderr of command in C++

How to execute a command and get return code stdout and stderr of command in C++

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std::string exec(const char* cmd) {
    std::array<char, 128> buffer;
    std::string result;

    auto pipe = popen(cmd, "r"); // get rid of shared_ptr

    if (!pipe) throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");

    while (!feof(pipe)) {
        if (fgets(buffer.data(), 128, pipe) != nullptr)
            result += buffer.data();
    }

    auto rc = pclose(pipe);

    if (rc == EXIT_SUCCESS) { // == 0

    } else if (rc == EXIT_FAILURE) {  // EXIT_FAILURE is not used by all programs, maybe needs some adaptation.

    }
    return result;
}

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Source: stackoverflow.com

Tags: c++ command execute get return-code stderr stdout

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