03-23-2011
Some programs, particularly those that prompt for passwords, are written in a way that disallows input to be directed to them (the program authors have gone to special measures to stop input being directed from a file), unless your program is in this category, we can say it reads from standard I/O.
Another question: after the fixed set of answers (those we would like to automate) do you need to interact with the program from the keyboard (ie type any more commands in or input anything)?
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