Geekeey.Process

Process is a .NET library for interacting with external command-line interfaces. It provides a convenient model for launching processes, redirecting input and output streams, awaiting completion, handling cancellation, and more.

Features

• Input and Output redirection: flexible piping model, that allows to redirect the process's streams.
• Immutability: The Command object is immutable, ensuring thread safely and allowing sharing of a base configuration.

Getting Started

Install the NuGet package:

dotnet add package Geekeey.Process

You may need to add our NuGet feed to your nuget.config this can be done by running the following command:

dotnet nuget add source -n geekeey https://code.geekeey.de/api/packages/geekeey/nuget/index.json

Usage

public static Task<int> Main()
{
  var stdout = new StringBuilder();
  var cmd = new Command("git").WithArguments(["config", "--get", "user.name"]) | stdout;
  await cmd.ExecuteAsync();
  Console.WriteLine(stdout.ToString());
  return 0;
}

public static Task<int> Main()
{
  var stdout = new StringBuilder();
  var cmd = new Command("cat").WithArguments(["file.txt"]) | new Command("wc") | stdout;
  await cmd.ExecuteAsync();
  Console.WriteLine(stdout.ToString());
  return 0;
}