First, I build a command as exec.exe from this:
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
var input string
fmt.Println("input a value")
fmt.Scanln(&input)
fmt.Println(input)
fmt.Println("input another value")
fmt.Scanln(&input)
fmt.Println(input)
}
Then I want to use os/exec pacage to run it:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os/exec"
)
func main() {
cmd := exec.Command("G:\\go_workspace\\GOPATH\\src\\pjx\\modules\\exec\\exec")
stdin, e := cmd.StdinPipe()
if e != nil {
panic(e)
}
stdout, e := cmd.StdoutPipe()
if e != nil {
panic(e)
}
if e:=cmd.Start();e!=nil {
panic(e)
}
stdin.Write([]byte("hello"))
var buf = make([]byte, 512)
n, e := stdout.Read(buf)
if e != nil {
panic(e)
}
fmt.Println(string(buf[:n]))
if e := cmd.Wait(); e != nil {
panic(e)
}
}
Finally I run it, and result will pause on the user input stage,like:
(in case picture is not loaded, they're paused on input stage)
please input a value:
1
12
232
Did I use cmd pipe in a wrong way?
The program is blocking because the fmt.Scanln
in the subprocess is waiting for the character (an
EOF
would also cause it to return). To avoid blocking, your input should include two s, or you can just call 'stdin.Close()' to indicate that the input stream is done.
And since the subprocess calls Scanln
and Println
multiple times, a single call to stdout.Read
may not read the complete output from the subprocess. You can keep calling the stdout.Read()
until an io.EOF
error is returned, or just use the ioutil.ReadAll
.
func main() {
cmd := exec.Command("G:\\go_workspace\\GOPATH\\src\\pjx\\modules\\exec\\exec")
stdin, e := cmd.StdinPipe()
if e != nil {
panic(e)
}
stdout, e := cmd.StdoutPipe()
if e != nil {
panic(e)
}
if e := cmd.Start(); e != nil {
panic(e)
}
_, e = stdin.Write([]byte("hello
world
"))
if e != nil {
panic(e)
}
stdin.Close()
out, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(stdout)
// or you can use a loop
//for {
// var buf = make([]byte, 512)
// n, e := stdout.Read(buf)
// if e == io.EOF {
// break
// }
// if e != nil {
// panic(e)
// }
// fmt.Println(string(buf[:n]))
//}
fmt.Println(string(out))
if e := cmd.Wait(); e != nil {
panic(e)
}
}
You need to be listening to the output of the executing program. When you write "hello", the program is probably still writing to its stdout. Try this:
go func() {
in := bufio.NewReader(stdout)
for {
s, err := in.ReadString('
')
if err != nil {
return
}
fmt.Println(s)
}
}()
if e := cmd.Start(); e != nil {
panic(e)
}
stdin.Write([]byte("hello
"))
stdin.Write([]byte("hello2
"))
if e := cmd.Wait(); e != nil {
panic(e)
}
One way to do it
cmd := exec.Command("...") // Change to your path
stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
// read the stdout continuously in a separate goroutine and capture it in buf
go func() {
io.Copy(buf, stdout)
}()
if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
stdin.Write([]byte("hello
")) // Send
to submit
stdin.Write([]byte("world
"))
if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, buf)
Result:
➜ go run main.go input a value hello input another value world