On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:48:58 -0400, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > Hello, > > I have to use an archaic, menu-driven C program that requires keyboard > input to process commands (all of these commands are terminated by a > newline) > > I was wondering if there was any way I could use the program within a > script so that I could have the script "feed" in the sequence of > keystrokes/string-inputs that I must otherwise type in manually? > > As ever, all help/advice is appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > -K > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" > in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo > info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ > at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs As far as I know, this greatly depends on the C program you are trying to use. But one thing that doesn't hurt trying, is to pipe it with an echo command, for instance echo "command string" | ./program A pratical example would be to actually count how many leters you have in abcdef, for this, execute this echo "abcdef" | wc -c The | will execute the command that's after the | with the output (I think) of what's on the left of the | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
