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+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));
+}