On 2004-10-17, Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Oct 16, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Mark Stosberg wrote:
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>> How can I write an automate test for a shell command that prompts for
>> output. I first tried just using backticks, but that hangs waiting for
>> input.
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> Will it take its input from STDIN? If so, pipe stdin to it.
Wow. That was like an instant messenger speed response. That' service.
It also worked. Here's what I used:
`echo 'y' | my_shell_cmd`
I'm sure there's some other cooler way, but this works well enough for me.
Mark
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