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Old 09-12-2014, 11:37 PM   #1
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Send down arrow into screen in a script


im trying to make a bash script that logs into a site and fills out a form on a site using a script, im currently trying screen and elinks to achieve this and need to send the down arrow key into screen. Does anyone know how to do this or another way doing the same thing?

Thanks for the help!

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im trying to make a bash script that logs into a site and fills out a form on a site using a script, im currently trying screen and elinks to achieve this and need to send the down arrow key into screen. Does anyone know how to do this or another way doing the same thing?

Thanks for the help!
We can try to help, so post what you've written/tried so far, and tell us where you're stuck, what error(s)/message(s) you're getting, and on what version/distro of Linux.
 
  


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