02-02-2012
giving input without manual intervention
Hi all,
I am looking for a specific requirement. I am trying to create a wrapper over a set of shell scripts. Some shell scripts wait for user inputs. These inputs may not be same format. And will be spread across multiple files.
In short a set of scripts are going to be run on another set of files. The set of scripts can be considered as a single entity. Thats why I am trying to wrap them up. Each file should be given as input to this entity.
So the requirement is I have to pass the input when the script is prompting for that. That also without manual intervention.
Thanks in advance
KRK
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atf-sh [-s shell] -- interpreter for shell-based test programs
SYNOPSIS
atf-sh script
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