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Start a process and manipulate stdin in PowerShell
try {
$MyProcess = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$MyProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "c:\MyProcess.exe"
$MyProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "arguments for process"
$MyProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$MyProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = $true
$MyProcess.Start()
$StdIn = $MyProcess.StandardInput
$StdIn.WriteLine("some data")
} finally {
if($StdIn) {
$StdIn.Close()
}
}
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