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aknuds1
Asked: 2011-01-04 02:10:34 +0800 CST

Does psexec support input redirection?

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I am trying to control a remote Python script, which reads commands from stdin, via psexec 1.98, but I need to redirect psexec's input since psexec itself will be launched from another program. However, I have no luck making psexec accept redirected input. Is it supposed to work at all?

An example of what I'm trying to do, where input is a file containing input to the remote script:

psexec \\mymachine python c:\script.py < input
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2 Answers

  1. The issue is that it thinks that "...script.py" is the end of your command. If you put quotes around it 

    psexec \\mymachine python "c:\script.py < input"

    Then you should be fine.

    Additionally, you'll probably need to specify an absolute path to that input file.

    Two examples:

    psexec \\mymachine python "c:\script.py < \\input_file_server\input"
OR
psexec \\mymachine python "c:\script.py < c:\input"

    That should do it for you.

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  2. What about these:

    psexec \\mymachine cmd /c "python "c:\script.py < input"

    -or-

    psexec \\mymachine cmd /k "python "c:\script.py < input"

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