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Old 09-21-2009
Bash shells communication
Hello all,
I have the following problem. In a Bash shell I run a program (I don't have the source code) which will execute some steps. At every step the program will wait for a user input. So I would like that another script which is running on a different shell will send these input togheter with the "enter button pression". In a such way the software which is running on the first shell will advance according to the script.

Some ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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Old 09-21-2009
use 'expect'

Expect - Expect - Home Page
# 3  
Old 09-21-2009
What is this?
# 4  
Old 09-21-2009
If you have the input in file you can try something like:

Code:
program < inputfile

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Old 09-21-2009
Ok I will try.
Thanks.
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