[OT] app (ncurses?) mechanizer?

2017-03-27 Thread Luca Ferrari
Hi all, I've to run a very old application from the command line (unix), it seems to me a ncurses application but I'm not sure that is the real case (let's say it seems ncurses). Anyway, I have to launch the application with a file name, do a couple of menu interactions and exit, then do it again f

Re: [OT] app (ncurses?) mechanizer?

2017-03-27 Thread Chris Fedde
About as close as you can get is via the Expect module. It provides ways to interact with interactive programs. https://metacpan.org/pod/Expect There are other ways. One way is to use the POE module. But that is a much more complex approach. By the way, in my opinion this is not OT. :-) chris

Re: [OT] app (ncurses?) mechanizer?

2017-03-27 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Luca, On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:04:22 +0200 Luca Ferrari wrote: > Hi all, > I've to run a very old application from the command line (unix), it > seems to me a ncurses application but I'm not sure that is the real > case (let's say it seems ncurses). > Anyway, I have to launch the application wi

Re: [OT] app (ncurses?) mechanizer?

2017-03-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 04:04:22PM +0200, Luca Ferrari wrote: > Hi all, > I've to run a very old application from the command line (unix), it > seems to me a ncurses application but I'm not sure that is the real > case (let's say it seems ncurses). > Anyway, I have to launch the application with a

Re: [OT] app (ncurses?) mechanizer?

2017-03-27 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Paul! On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:21:06 +0200 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 04:04:22PM +0200, Luca Ferrari wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've to run a very old application from the command line (unix), it > > seems to me a ncurses application but I'm not sure that is the real > > case (le

Re: [OT] app (ncurses?) mechanizer?

2017-03-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:20:29AM +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote: > Hi Paul! > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:21:06 +0200 > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 04:04:22PM +0200, Luca Ferrari wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I've to run a very old application from the command line (unix), it > > > s