bash stdin redirect

Yustu · 03-13-2009, 03:24 PM

Hello.
I would like to know how can I redirect/use script to write into stdin.
I have a program that ask me question, answear is choice ("y/n") and i want pass that "n" into that program. How can i do that from bash?

Thanks for any sugestion
Best regards

Hko · 03-13-2009, 03:44 PM

echo n | program

Yustu · 03-13-2009, 03:45 PM

thank you very much.. i got order wrong ^^'

Hko · 03-13-2009, 08:01 PM

Pipes ( | ) are one directional: from standard output ("stdout") to standard input ("stdin"). Left to right on the command line.