Running shell commands by C++

    #include <iostream>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>

    using namespace std;
    string cmdinput;
    string GetStdoutFromCommand(string cmd) {

    string data;
    FILE * stream;
    const int max_buffer = 256;
    char buffer[max_buffer];
    cmd.append(" 2>&1");

    stream = popen(cmd.c_str(), "r");
    if (stream) {
    while (!feof(stream))
    if (fgets(buffer, max_buffer, stream) != NULL) data.append(buffer);
    pclose(stream);
    }
    return data;
    }

    int main (){
        cout << "Enter your command:" << endl;
        string cmdinput;
        getline (cin, cmdinput);
        cout << "Your command was ‘" << cmdinput << "‘" << endl;
      string com = GetStdoutFromCommand(cmdinput);
      cout << "Command: " << com << endl;

    return 0;
    }