basic script problem..

[xiaoleiqq]

Hi,

I have a program that ask for user input during process. Right now I want to create a script that can automatically fill in the user input from the script, how should I do that?

Thank you very much.

 

[PHV]

how should I do that?
You have to know how the program grabs info: from /dev/tty ? stdin ? ...


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[xiaoleiqq]

It is from stdin, the program is written in c, but I dont have the source code.

 

[PHV]

So create a response file, say response.txt and then:
yourProgram < /path/to/response.txt

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[xiaoleiqq]

yes it works,
Thank you very much,