Cmd.StdinPipe in Go

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StdinPipe returns a pipe that will be connected to the command's standard input when the command starts. The pipe will be closed automatically after Wait sees the command exit. A caller need only call Close to force the pipe to close sooner. For example, if the command being run will not exit until standard input is closed, the caller must close the pipe.

Go
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"
	"os/exec"
)

func main() {
	cmd := exec.Command("cat")
	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	go func() {
		defer stdin.Close()
		io.WriteString(stdin, "values written to stdin are passed to cmd's standard input")
	}()

	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Printf("%s\n", out)
}