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title: Widgets - process input
css: xstyle
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### Process input

The process input widget is used to pass input to a processes that are executed within Coedit.

![](img/process_input.png)

- <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBasile/Coedit/master/icons/other/pencil_go.png" class="tlbric"/>: sends the text to the process, also works with <kbd>ENTER</kbd>.
- <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBasile/Coedit/master/icons/other/pencil_delete.png" class="tlbric"/>: closes the process input stream.
- <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBasile/Coedit/master/icons/other/cancel.png" class="tlbric"/>: forces the process termination.

The input text can contain [symbolic strings](features_symbolic_strings).