Launch process and capture output

lnchCap.cs

/*
===== Capturing Output From A Console Process =====


This example program relies upon hello_world.exe being in the same directory as this source code's 
compiled output, which is directory C:\Users\kyrat\Dropbox\csdev\examples\ as of 12 Aug 2022
*/

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace CaptureOutputFromConsole{

    class CaptureOutput {
		
		static void Main() {
			
			/*
			The compiled program hello_world.exe should NOT use a Console.ReadKey() or ConsoleReadLine() -- which 
			sometimes are used to pause a console program so that the user can read output before the program exits
			
			Here is the very brief source code used to produce our hello_world.exe program:
			
			using System;

			namespace HelloWorld {
	
				class Howdy {
					static void Main(){
					Console.WriteLine(" Howdy, world!");
					// Console.ReadKey(); removed so that capture-output.cs can function
					}
				}
	
			}
			*/
			
			var proc = new Process {
				StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo {
					FileName = @"hello_world.exe",
					UseShellExecute = false,
					RedirectStandardOutput = true,
					CreateNoWindow = true
				}
			};
			
			proc.Start();
			string p = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
			proc.WaitForExit();
			Console.WriteLine("Captured output: " + p);
		}
		
    }
	
}