Need to capture StdOut from console app.

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I need to run a console app and direct its output to a file. When doing this from a CMD window, the usual format is:

appToRun "cmdLineParams" >>output.log

I can get the app to run, with the correct command line parameters, but the standard output shows in the CMD window and is not redirected to the file. Is there any way to do this?

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LogicSmith 225 on at

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Found a workaround - put the entire command line in a batch file, and run that. I'm still working on how to get the return code back from the app called in the batch file.
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Hope you have taken a look at Run DOS command and Read from CMD session actions.
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Thanks! No, quit the search when I found System / Run Application. At that point, I didn't even know that DOS commands were treated separately from Windows apps. The organization of actions is sometimes less than intuitive. But yes, the Scripting / Run DOS Command works great for this.