simulating console input

Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com
Thu Sep 2 21:19:00 GMT 2010


On 09/02/2010 03:17 PM, RISINGP1@nationwide.com wrote:
>>> How could I simulate the "Y" keypress?
>>>
>>> "echo Y | DosProgram.exe" does not work...
>>>
> Would an inline document work?
>
> DosProgram.exe<<!
> Y
> !

No.  Bash uses a pipe under the hood for here-docs, so it is no 
different than the already-established non-working 'echo Y | program'.

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