1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/users/wpcarro/scratch/rust/src/stdin/mod.rs b/users/wpcarro/scratch/rust/src/stdin/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4be95afa45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/wpcarro/scratch/rust/src/stdin/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+
+// Example of piping-in a string defined in Rust to a shell command.
+pub fn example() {
+    let input = "Hello, world!";
+
+    let mut cat = Command::new("cat")
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .ok()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    cat.stdin
+        .take()
+        .unwrap()
+        .write_all(&input.as_bytes())
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let output = cat.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+    println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
+}