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jim mcnamara · Jun 19th, 2006, 9:00 AM

Do you know about the here document?

/path/to/myprogram $USER $PASS<<EOF
answer to question 1
output file filname
EOF

This is essentially what expect does. It knows the questions and answers ahead of time.

Jun 19th, 2006, 9:00 AM	#6
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	Do you know about the here document? (Toggle Plain Text) /path/to/myprogram $USER $PASS<<EOF answer to question 1 output file filname EOF /path/to/myprogram $USER $PASS<<EOF answer to question 1 output file filname EOF This is essentially what expect does. It knows the questions and answers ahead of time.