Re: auto interactive jobs

[Bitfox <hi@bitfox.ddns.net>]

On 2024-11-22 08:28, eben@gmx.us wrote:
> On 11/21/24 19:24, Bitfox wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a interactive command like the following,
> >
> > $ ./filen
> > / > upload upt-snappy /
> > Uploading upt-snappy [========================================] 100% | 
> > ETA:
> > 0s | 1.4 KiB / 1.32 KiB
> > / >
> >
> >
> > the command "filen" will open a interactive shell, and in this shell 
> > to
> > upload/download files.
> >
> > How can I write a script for this case to upload file automatically?
>
> Can you do something like
> echo "upload upt-snappy p" | ./filen
> ?

That seems impossible.

$ echo "upload tmp" |./filen
upload tmp
Error trying to prompt for user input: readline was closed. (maybe 
you're in an environment without stdin, like a Docker container)
Error [ERR_USE_AFTER_CLOSE]: readline was closed

Regards