Executing Command Line Strings Programatically

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	//********** EXECUTE COMMAND LINE STRING **********
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	private string ExecuteCommandLineString(string CommandString)
	{

		try
		{
			System.Diagnostics.Process Process1 = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
			System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo StartInfo1 = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();

			StartInfo1.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
			StartInfo1.FileName = "cmd.exe";
			StartInfo1.Arguments = "/C " + CommandString;
			StartInfo1.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
			StartInfo1.UseShellExecute = false;
			Process1.StartInfo = StartInfo1;
			Process1.Start();
			//Do not wait for the child process to exit before reading to the end of its redirected stream.
			//p.WaitForExit();
			//Read the output stream first and then wait.
			string Output = Process1.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
			Process1.WaitForExit();
				
			return (Output);
		}
		catch (Exception ex)
		{
			return("ERROR - " + ex.Message + "\n");
		}

	}

Example usage copying a file

	string Command = "xcopy \"C:\\My Folder\\HelloWorld.txt\" \"C:\\My Folder\\HelloWorld2.txt\" /-I /Y ";
	string Output = ExecuteCommandLineString(Command);