C# Execute a Terminal Command in Linux

C# execute a terminal command in linux

I have never used ProcessStartInfo on Mono / Linux, but have you tried calling via bash?

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo() { FileName = "/bin/bash", Arguments = "/dev/init.d/mnw stop", }; 
Process proc = new Process() { StartInfo = startInfo, };
proc.Start();

Also, there is no issues with the executable bit on mnw?

how to execute a terminal command in c#

You should probably try setting the full path the executable.

proc.StartInfo.FileName = "C:/SOMEPATH/Bash.exe";

I'm assuming as you are specifying a relative path, it's not resolving it. Possibly because you aren't setting a working directory for the process so it's current dir and the current dir you think it has, are different.

How to execute Linux command line in C# Mono

You can only use the <, > and | operators inside a shell. The shell (such as bash) is what actually parses these and performs the redirection. Try this code:

...
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo();
psi.FileName = "/usr/bin/iconv";
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.Arguments = "-f unicode -t utf8 /tmp/test.txt";
psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
Process p = Process.Start(psi);
Console.WriteLine(p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd());
p.WaitForExit();
p.Close();
...

I apologize if this code doesn't work properly, I personally rarely program in C#.

You may also be able to just set psi.UseShellExecute = true. According to MSDN, this will start the program with the system shell (cmd.exe). This may work for you, although I have not tested.

Best of luck!

Exectute a Linux Shell command from ASP.NET Core 3 app

Assume you want to run echo hello in bash, then

    Process process = new Process
    {
        StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
        {
            FileName = "bash",
            RedirectStandardInput = true,
            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
            RedirectStandardError = true,
            UseShellExecute = false
        }
    };
    process.Start();
    await process.StandardInput.WriteLineAsync("echo hello");
    var output = await process.StandardOutput.ReadLineAsync();
    Console.WriteLine(output);

How to open Ubuntu's bash.exe shell using C# on Windows?

You could pass everything in the command line instead of piping into the process. I think it would save you a lot of trouble. Try bash.exe -c "cd /mnt/c/Users/shho3/Desktop; python some_script.py arg1 arg2":

Process.Start("bash.exe", "-c \"cd /mnt/c/Users/shho3/Desktop; python some_script.py arg1 arg2\"").WaitForExit()

Alternatively you can also just set the working directory to C:\Users\shho3\Desktop (instead of C:\Windows\System32) and call bash.exe -c "python some_script.py arg1 arg2", then you don't even have to convert the path:

Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("bash.exe", "-c \"python some_script.py arg1 arg2\"") {
  WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Users\\ssho3\\Desktop"
}).WaitForExit()

How to chain Linux commands in .net 5

Found the answer

        Process process = new Process();
        process.StartInfo.FileName = "/bin/sh";
        string cmd = "cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal";
        process.StartInfo.Arguments = $"-c \"{cmd}\"";

        process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
        process.Start();
        process.WaitForExit();
        Console.WriteLine(process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd());

How to execute a linux shell script from a C# application?

After doing some google search, I found a way to do this. All I had to do is change "--login -c" to "--login -i"

ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe");
psi.Arguments = "--login -i E://Work/sync.sh  E://Work/Voice/Temp";
Process p = Process.Start(psi);

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