Cannot get lldb to read file input through redirect

Question

I\'m using lldb as a standalone debugger in OSX. I\'m trying to debug a C executable, using a text file as input, by way of a redirect. The lldb do

Answer 1

I got it to work as follows:

lldb 
(lldb) settings set target.input-path 
(lldb) process launch

It solves my problem, but I don't really have an explanation for why the method in my question doesn't work.