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Old 01-08-2009
Shell script to invoke options automatically
i have a script which has 2 options.
a
b


And a has 6 sub options.
i want to write a script which will call the parent script and give options automatically.

examle:
linasplg11:/opt/ss/kk/01.00/bin # startup.sh
/opt/ss/rdm/01.00
Please select the component to be installed: (a | b )
a. IPExport
b. IPFeed


Note :i want that the options will be invoked automatically :
I have written a script ..but after taking 1st option ..it is going on loop

My script:

#! /sbin/sh


./startup.sh << DONE
b
sleep 100
DONE


./startup.sh << DONE
a
sleep 100
d
sleep 200
e
sleep 50

DONE



so can you please help me on this....
# 2  
Old 01-08-2009
It's not at all clear to me what you want to happen, and what problem you're experiencingSmilie. I'm sure there are many forum users who could help if we understood what's needed!
# 3  
Old 01-08-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aditya.Gurgaon
i have a script which has 2 options.
a
b


And a has 6 sub options.
i want to write a script which will call the parent script and give options automatically.

What do yo mean by "automatically"?

How will it know which options to use?

If you want it to call the script with each option in turn:

Code:
for opt in a b
do
   printf "%s\n"  "$opt" | startup.sh
done

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