Send keystrokes in console mode

Reginald0 · 07-24-2003, 02:17 PM

Hi, folks!

Is there any way (or application) to send keystrokes to buffer in console mode on Linux, like some programs do in command line mode on Windows? (i.e. sendkey.exe)
I want to automate some tasks that requires user intervention on my Linux systems, and I already tried to search on the net for something like this, but without success.
I would be greatly thankful if some of you show me a solution.

PS: Sorry about my poor english, I'm brazilian

david_ross · 07-24-2003, 02:33 PM

Take a look at "expect":
man expect

Reginald0 · 08-27-2003, 07:46 AM

It's me again.

I finally decided to learn more about a program called "expect" that comes with the Red Hat CD-ROM and it does what I want. Moreover it's pretty easy to use.

Thanks a lot to david_ross for his tip.

Reginald0