Creating a scripting environment for a C# program

for /f "delims=" %A in ('<insert command here>') do @set <variable name>=%A

for /f "delims=" %A in ('time /t') do @set my_env_var=%A

@echo off

rmdir /S /Q testdir
rmdir /S /Q workdir

start cmd /K c:\foo\bar.bat
start cmd /K c:\foo\bas.bat

start firefox.exe "http://www.stackoverflow.com/"

<project name="test" default="run">

    <property environment="env"/>

    <target name="check-prop" unless="${env.PARA}">
        <property name="env.PARA" value="abc"/>
    </target>

    <target name="run" depends="check-prop">
        <echo message="${env.PARA}"/>
    </target>

</project>

$ ant
Buildfile: /home/mark/tmp/build.xml

check-prop:

run:
     [echo] abc

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

$ (export PARA="hello world"; ant)
Buildfile: /home/mark/tmp/build.xml

check-prop:

run:
     [echo] hello world

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

// C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\WindowsPowerShell\3.0
open System.Management.Automation
open System.Management.Automation.Runspaces;

let runSpace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace()
runSpace.Open()
let pipeline = runSpace.CreatePipeline()

let getProcess = new Command("Get-Process")
pipeline.Commands.Add(getProcess)

let sort = new Command("Sort-Object")
sort.Parameters.Add("Property", "VM")
pipeline.Commands.Add(sort)

// Identical to the following PowerShell command line:
// PS > Get-Process | Sort-Object -Property VM | select ProcessName

let output = pipeline.Invoke()
for psObject in output do
    psObject.Properties.Item("ProcessName").Value.ToString()
    |> printfn "%s"

tell application "Microsoft Word"
    make new auto text entry at attached template of active document ¬
        with properties {name:"test name", auto text value:"test value"}
end tell

[theWordTemplate addObject:theNewAutoTextEntry];