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91change · 07-29-2008, 06:30 AM

I have an executable file "a.out" . This will print some inforamtion and pause . Ask user "whether to continue " . user has to give y or n option .

I want to run the elf file inside bourne shell script .
.How can i give the option 'y' before i execute

colucix · 07-29-2008, 06:44 AM

You can pipe the output of the yes command to the executable: the answer yes is passed to the executable every time it queries for input.

Code:

yes | /path/to/a.out

jschiwal · 07-29-2008, 07:39 AM

Sorry, I'm not able to edit the post without it being swallowed up by xml meta-charaters. Please ignore.