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.
I'm not certain but are you talking about some sort of default entry?
Can you give a more concrete example of what you're trying to accomplish?
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