On 2004-10-17, Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Mark Stosberg wrote: > >> How can I write an automate test for a shell command that prompts for >> output. I first tried just using backticks, but that hangs waiting for >> input. > > Will it take its input from STDIN? If so, pipe stdin to it.
Wow. That was like an instant messenger speed response. That' service. It also worked. Here's what I used: `echo 'y' | my_shell_cmd` I'm sure there's some other cooler way, but this works well enough for me. Mark -- http://mark.stosberg.com/