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Old 10-28-2010
How to give runtime arguments to different program

I have a shell script that is attempting to call a c program.
I call the c program with ./dictool

dictool accepts arguments at runtime. It works by prompting the user for various commands, acting on those commands, spitting out an output, and then prompting for more commands.

My question is, how can I give dictool these commands within the shell?

Last edited by aarongoldfein; 10-28-2010 at 03:44 AM..
 

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