Execute two commands on cmd

Question

I write test console program. This program execute cmd with two line command. But how it's do? Instead of this large code, how write more easy code?

String command = @"cd c:\\test";//command get to current folder 
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
startInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
startInfo.Arguments = command;
startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
using (Process exeProcess = Process.Start(startInfo))
{
    exeProcess.WaitForExit();
}
String command = @"echo 'Hello world' > test.txt";//command write Hello world to text file
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
startInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
startInfo.Arguments = command;
startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
using (Process exeProcess = Process.Start(startInfo))
{
    exeProcess.WaitForExit();
}

no two commands necessaray here: > c:\test\test.txt" echo Hello World — Stephan
– Stephan, Commented Mar 31, 2024 at 8:12

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:28:50Z

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Use the & operator.

For example:

dir & echo foo

For yours:

cd c:\\test & echo 'Hello world' > test.txt

Also see: How to run two commands in one line in Windows CMD?

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:28

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answered Apr 3, 2014 at 12:52

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Will Wang · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-03 13:26:43Z

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you can put you command in a batch file yourcmd.bat, in your case the yourcmd.bat will like this:

cd c:\test
echo "Hello world" > test.txt

or

cd c:\test & echo "Hello world" > test.txt

then you can just call System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("yourcmd.bat"); method, this works.

answered Apr 3, 2014 at 13:26

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