communicating from console app to wxWidgets app?

[The Night Tripper]

Hi
        I have a small wxWidgets app which I'd like to 'control' (by passing
it a few simple command strings). The application I want to control it is a
non-wxWidgets console app. What are some of the options to consider as a
mechanism for doing this?

I might consider making the console app a wxWidgets one, but only if there
wouldn't be a great overhead. I'm running under Linux BTW.

Thanks for your thoughts

        J^n