Selecting sub-menu options within script

[blodwyn]

Hi

Our application includes a very useful monitoring utility, with a selection of sub-menus.

I should like to be able to take a snapshot of the output at times throughout the night, for further querying.

I can get the initial menu into a file easily enough, but the details I need are within a sub-menu of a sub-menu.

eg If I was running it interactively I would select "A" initially, which would give me another menu where I would select "C" to show the details I want.

Is there a way I can specify the required options within a script to capture the output from "C"?

Regards


Blodwyn

 

[vgersh99]

depends how your "application" is written.

you can try:

myApplication <<!EOF > outputC.txt
A
C
EOF


vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[vgersh99]

sorry:

myApplication <<EOF > outputC.txt
A
C
EOF

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[PHV]

Have you tried something like this ?
echo "A\nC" | monitoring

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