cmd.exe equivalent of /dev/stdout, to write to stdout 'as a file'

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I have a batch file that calls a Windows GUI application. The GUI app writes it's output (the interesting bits anyway) to it's own GUI display rather than stdout, however I would like it displayed in the cmd window where the batch file is running.

Thankfully the app has an option to write the output to a file, so I need to redirect this to stdout. In *nix I would give /dev/stdout as the file to write to but what about in Windows/cmd?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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It seems that Windows has no equivalent to unix /dev/stdout.

Take a look at this thread: https://superuser.com/questions/241272/windows-how-to-redirect-file-parameter-to-stdout-windows-equivalent-of-dev-st

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answered Sep 02 '11 at 13:40

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 20:37

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con is the equivalent of /dev/stdout and /dev/stderr in Windows. But I am not sure how you are writing the output. It will help if you could paste the block that writes to the file.

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Thanks for pointing this out, it does seem that it might be possible using CON but I've had no luck so far. Unfortunately the application isn't mine so I can't paste the code block. – Craig Sep 05 '11 at 07:29
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how do you use CON? – gabrielAnzaldo Dec 05 '16 at 13:56
Try to put `con:` where you would have put `/dev/stdout` but this is probably unlikely to actually work. – tripleee Jan 13 '21 at 11:48

cmd.exe equivalent of /dev/stdout, to write to stdout 'as a file'

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