Regarding the use of the < operator in Shell

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PS C:\Users\Tim\desktop\Practice> cmd \c python .\teststreams.py < input.txt

returns the following error message:

The '<' operator is reserved for future use.

Is there any way around this in Powershell or am I going to have to resort to DOS? It does work in DOS, though I would like to stay with Powershell

@Wooble the example you gave didn't include python before the file, which I tried. It didn't even occur to me until now that python was needed before the file as well — TimLayne, Mar 12 '14 at 13:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 13:03

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What are you even trying there by passing \c as an argument to cmd? Not that you need cmd at all:

Get-Content input.txt | python teststreams.py

answered Mar 12 '14 at 13:03

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 13:06

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PS C:\Users\Tim\desktop\Practice> Get-Content input.txt |python .\teststreams.py, I didn't add the python before, I initially used PS C:\Users\Tim\desktop\Practice> Get-Content input.txt | .\teststreams.py and it didn't work

answered Mar 12 '14 at 13:06

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Regarding the use of the < operator in Shell

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