Re: Bash Scripting Question

[Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>]

Le 03/11/2013 20:35, Thomas H. George a écrit :
> The script I am trying to write executes a program that requires a
> keyboard response. I have experimented with redirecting STDIN but haven't found the
> correct way to make the response.  I found one example that scanned the
> response from apt-get install xxxx for the letter y and fed this back to
> install xxxx.  In my case I must respond with a word in answer to the
> programs question.
>
> I'm sure this must be elementary but I have read large sections of
> BASH GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS and  AVANCED BASH-SCRIPTING GUIDE without
> finding a solution.  I would appreciate a little help or advice.
>
> Tom
>
>

Maybe you'll need something like expect to handle this.