How do you read the console output from windows commands in C++? [duplicate]

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How can I run an external program from C and parse its output?

If you run a Windows command from inside your program (let's say ipconfig as an example), how do you read the output the system gives you back into your program for processing?

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See Creating a Child Process with Redirected Input and Output on MSDN

Alternatively, you can use _popen for simple capture of output.