title: Why is "<" input redirect not implemented in PowerShell?
body: <p>Why is <a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/Joe/archive/2009/01/09/powershell-abcs---o-is-for-output.aspx" rel="noreferrer">input redirection</a> not implemented in PowerShell?</p>
  
  <p>To do something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mysql -u root &lt; create.sql
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I had to switch to "cmd.exe".</p>
  
  <p>Is there an alternative way of doing this in PowerShell?</p>
  
  <p>Please note that the output redirection ">" is implemented in PowerShell. Please consider this before giving an answer.</p>