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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting shell script executes program, but waits for a prompt Post 302206887 by lionatucla on Wednesday 18th of June 2008 02:59:46 PM
Old 06-18-2008
I don't know if it makes a difference but ./sh-n-body.i686 is a c file not a shell script.


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Originally Posted by lionatucla View Post
the above code just results in a . after the sh-n-body has finished. I still get the prompt
The ./sh-n-body.i686 script is expecting the input, not the script that you showed in the example.


Somewhere in the script, there is probably a 'read' statement. Looks like this perhaps:

Code:

read value

When you enter your input, it gets stored in $value.
Only thing you have to do is manually assign your input to $value, like so:

Code:

value="your input here"
 

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