命令类使用system(“cmd > stdout 2> stderr”)为用户提供标准输出和标准输出，以及退出码。

测试运行:

./a.out 'ls .'
exit code: 0
stdout: HelloWorld
HelloWorld.c
HelloWorld.cpp
HelloWorld.dSYM
a.out
gcc_container.bash
linuxsys
macsys
test.sh

stderr: 

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <unistd.h>
using namespace std;

class Command {
    public:
        Command() {
            exit_code_ = -1;
        }

        int GetExitCode() { return exit_code_;}

        string GetStdOutStr() {return stdout_str_;}

        string GetStdErrStr() {return stderr_str_;}

        int Run(const char* cmd) {
            return Run(string(cmd));
        }

        /**
         * @brief run a given command
         * 
         * @param cmd: command string
         * @return int: the exit code of running the command
         */
        int Run(string cmd) {

            // create temp files
            char tmp_dir[] = "/tmp/stdir.XXXXXX";
            mkdtemp(tmp_dir);
            string stdout_file = string(tmp_dir) + "/stdout";
            string stderr_file = string(tmp_dir) + "/stderr";

            // execute the command "cmd > stdout_file 2> stderr_file"
            string cli = cmd + " > " + stdout_file + " 2> " + stderr_file;
            exit_code_ = system(cli.c_str());
            exit_code_ = WEXITSTATUS(exit_code_);
            stdout_str_ = File2Str(stdout_file);
            stderr_str_ = File2Str(stderr_file);

            // rid of the temp files
            remove(stdout_file.c_str());
            remove(stderr_file.c_str());
            remove(tmp_dir);

            return exit_code_;
        }

    private:
        int exit_code_;
        string stderr_str_;
        string stdout_str_;

        /**
         * @brief read a file
         * 
         * @param file_name: file path 
         * @return string the contents of the file.
         */
        string File2Str(string file_name) {
            ifstream file;
            stringstream str_stream;

            file.open(file_name);
            if (file.is_open()) {
                str_stream << file.rdbuf();
                file.close();
            }
            return str_stream.str();
        }
};

int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
    Command command;

    command.Run(argv[1]);
    cout << "exit code: " << command.GetExitCode() << endl;
    cout << "stdout: " << command.GetStdOutStr() << endl;
    cout << "stderr: " << command.GetStdErrStr() << endl;
    return  command.GetExitCode();
}

#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>
#include <array>

std::string exec(const char* cmd) {
    std::array<char, 128> buffer;
    std::string result;
    std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&pclose)> pipe(popen(cmd, "r"), pclose);
    if (!pipe) {
        throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");
    }
    while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe.get()) != nullptr) {
        result += buffer.data();
    }
    return result;
}

Pre-C + + 11版:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string>

std::string exec(const char* cmd) {
    char buffer[128];
    std::string result = "";
    FILE* pipe = popen(cmd, "r");
    if (!pipe) throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");
    try {
        while (fgets(buffer, sizeof buffer, pipe) != NULL) {
            result += buffer;
        }
    } catch (...) {
        pclose(pipe);
        throw;
    }
    pclose(pipe);
    return result;
}

对于Windows，用_popen和_pclose替换popen和pclose。

假设是POSIX，捕获stdout的简单代码:

#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

std::string qx(const std::vector<std::string>& args) {
  int stdout_fds[2];
  pipe(stdout_fds);

  int stderr_fds[2];
  pipe(stderr_fds);

  const pid_t pid = fork();
  if (!pid) {
    close(stdout_fds[0]);
    dup2(stdout_fds[1], 1);
    close(stdout_fds[1]);

    close(stderr_fds[0]);
    dup2(stderr_fds[1], 2);
    close(stderr_fds[1]);

    std::vector<char*> vc(args.size() + 1, 0);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < args.size(); ++i) {
      vc[i] = const_cast<char*>(args[i].c_str());
    }

    execvp(vc[0], &vc[0]);
    exit(0);
  }

  close(stdout_fds[1]);

  std::string out;
  const int buf_size = 4096;
  char buffer[buf_size];
  do {
    const ssize_t r = read(stdout_fds[0], buffer, buf_size);
    if (r > 0) {
      out.append(buffer, r);
    }
  } while (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR);

  close(stdout_fds[0]);

  close(stderr_fds[1]);
  close(stderr_fds[0]);

  int r, status;
  do {
    r = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
  } while (r == -1 && errno == EINTR);

  return out;
}

为获得更多功能，欢迎代码贡献:

https://github.com/ericcurtin/execxx

请注意，您可以通过将输出重定向到文件，然后读取它来获得输出

在std::system的文档中有显示

你可以通过调用WEXITSTATUS宏来接收退出码。

    int status = std::system("ls -l >test.txt"); // execute the UNIX command "ls -l >test.txt"
    std::cout << std::ifstream("test.txt").rdbuf();
    std::cout << "Exit code: " << WEXITSTATUS(status) << std::endl;

获得stdout和stderr(也写入stdin，这里没有显示)与我的pstreams头很容易，它定义了iostream类的工作方式像popen:

#include <pstream.h>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  // run a process and create a streambuf that reads its stdout and stderr
  redi::ipstream proc("./some_command", redi::pstreams::pstdout | redi::pstreams::pstderr);
  std::string line;
  // read child's stdout
  while (std::getline(proc.out(), line))
    std::cout << "stdout: " << line << '\n';
  // if reading stdout stopped at EOF then reset the state:
  if (proc.eof() && proc.fail())
    proc.clear();
  // read child's stderr
  while (std::getline(proc.err(), line))
    std::cout << "stderr: " << line << '\n';
} 

对于Windows, popen也可以工作，但它会打开一个控制台窗口-它会在你的UI应用程序上快速闪烁。如果你想成为一个专业人士，最好禁用这种“闪烁”(特别是如果最终用户可以取消它)。

下面是我自己的Windows版本:

(此代码部分重组自代码项目和MSDN示例中编写的想法。)

#include <windows.h>
#include <atlstr.h>
//
// Execute a command and get the results. (Only standard output)
//
CStringA ExecCmd(
    const wchar_t* cmd              // [in] command to execute
)
{
    CStringA strResult;
    HANDLE hPipeRead, hPipeWrite;

    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr = {sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES)};
    saAttr.bInheritHandle = TRUE; // Pipe handles are inherited by child process.
    saAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;

    // Create a pipe to get results from child's stdout.
    if (!CreatePipe(&hPipeRead, &hPipeWrite, &saAttr, 0))
        return strResult;

    STARTUPINFOW si = {sizeof(STARTUPINFOW)};
    si.dwFlags     = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW | STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
    si.hStdOutput  = hPipeWrite;
    si.hStdError   = hPipeWrite;
    si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE; // Prevents cmd window from flashing.
                              // Requires STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW in dwFlags.

    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = { 0 };

    BOOL fSuccess = CreateProcessW(NULL, (LPWSTR)cmd, NULL, NULL, TRUE, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
    if (! fSuccess)
    {
        CloseHandle(hPipeWrite);
        CloseHandle(hPipeRead);
        return strResult;
    }

    bool bProcessEnded = false;
    for (; !bProcessEnded ;)
    {
        // Give some timeslice (50 ms), so we won't waste 100% CPU.
        bProcessEnded = WaitForSingleObject( pi.hProcess, 50) == WAIT_OBJECT_0;

        // Even if process exited - we continue reading, if
        // there is some data available over pipe.
        for (;;)
        {
            char buf[1024];
            DWORD dwRead = 0;
            DWORD dwAvail = 0;

            if (!::PeekNamedPipe(hPipeRead, NULL, 0, NULL, &dwAvail, NULL))
                break;

            if (!dwAvail) // No data available, return
                break;

            if (!::ReadFile(hPipeRead, buf, min(sizeof(buf) - 1, dwAvail), &dwRead, NULL) || !dwRead)
                // Error, the child process might ended
                break;

            buf[dwRead] = 0;
            strResult += buf;
        }
    } //for

    CloseHandle(hPipeWrite);
    CloseHandle(hPipeRead);
    CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
    return strResult;
} //ExecCmd