On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Mike Branda wrote:
> anybody know how to in essence "auto fill" a read in sh/bash??
>
> for example:
>
> foo.sh runs another program inside itself that asks a question and then
> waits for a return off of a read. Based on a test of the question
> (redirected from stdout?) a predefined variable is entered as the answer
> and then returned somehow to the inside program.
>
> Is this possible? I have a config program that has to be run multiple
> times (different machines) with the same answers.
Might /usr/bin/yes help? If the app doesn't flush the input buffer, you
might be able to get by with something like "app < responsefile". Also look
into "chat" or "expect" if those can't do it.
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