Thanks for the help gautham... yes, if I execute the read statement one more time with the same pipe and another char array, I am able to read the next set of buffered output in the pipe. Which means that consecutive read()s does help in displaying complete output.

I am just thinking of framing a correct while / for loop for this. Let me know if something crosses your mind - a while / for loop for doing COMPLETE read().

Thanks,
Vivek