How to enter data automatically on terminal? (script BASH)

MattFly · 04-26-2015, 02:31 PM

I want to create a script wich will enter a password automatically on terminal an press "enter" for my. Wich comands should I use?(Enter the user and the pass actually)

Keith Hedger · 04-26-2015, 05:53 PM

please post what you have already done, and what app you want to feed the password to there may be better ways of doing it if we had a bit more info

TobiSGD · 04-26-2015, 06:26 PM

You wouldn't do stuff like that with Bash normally, this is what Expect is for: http://www.nist.gov/el/msid/expect.cfm

veerain · 04-27-2015, 05:50 AM

If you want to not be presented with a login screen at startup then you make init scripts not start '/bin/login' instead start '/bin/bash'. Usually agetty invokes 'login' so change it to invoke 'bash'.

rtmistler · 04-27-2015, 07:08 AM

I think you ought to describe better what you wish to do. You may be thinking you need to do certain things and find that they're not necessary. This is where the advice to post what you do have now will be helpful for various reasons.