c# - Copy information from Cmd Promt Window into Console Application -

new programming wondering if want possible! , if how?

i have developed console application obtains computers ip address. program opens cmd prompt , runs nslookup (using said ip address) information computer.

when program ends have 2 consoles windows open; cmd promt console , programs console. cmd prompt 1 has information need. can't figure out how copy/ grab information cmd console , put string/array can use information.

i have searched google keep getting ways copy manually cmd prompt window! not how return information cmd prompt window 1 has opened form program!

also please not suggest doing reverse dns or using environment.machinename instead of using cmd prompt. have tried many methods , way have been able access correct information need.

using system; using system.net; using system.net.sockets;   namespace processservice {     static class program     {          static void main()         {              //the ip or host entry lookup             iphostentry host;             //the ip address string             string localip = "";             //dns lookup             host = dns.gethostentry(dns.gethostname());             //computer have several ip addresses,iterate collection of them find proper 1             foreach (ipaddress ip in host.addresslist)             {                 if (ip.addressfamily == addressfamily.internetwork)                 {                     localip = ip.tostring();                 }             }              //converts ip address string ipaddress instance.             ipaddress address = ipaddress.parse(localip);               string strcmdtext;             strcmdtext = "/k nslookup " + localip;             //open cmd prompt , run command nslookup given ip             system.diagnostics.process.start("c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe", strcmdtext);               //output result             console.writeline(strcmdtext);             //wait user press button close window             console.writeline("press key...");             console.readline();         }     } } 

you're starting external process, good. need redirect standard output. rather copy information cmd prompt window, want fed program. you'll have bit of parsing, here's sample microsoft:

// start child process.  process p = new process();  // redirect output stream of child process.  p.startinfo.useshellexecute = false;  p.startinfo.redirectstandardoutput = true;  p.startinfo.filename = "write500lines.exe";  p.start();  // not wait child process exit before  // reading end of redirected stream.  // p.waitforexit();  // read output stream first , wait.  string output = p.standardoutput.readtoend();  p.waitforexit(); 

source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.processstartinfo.redirectstandardoutput.aspx