On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:59 PM, a bv <vbavbalist@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to write a script which will run a command *that gives some
> written information and needs to press enter key to go on keyboard.
> Then it will ftp its output etc.
>
> How can i easily make this enter key issue on the script?


If you're trying to automate what is usually an interactive process I
think you'll have to use something like 'expect' or a derivative
thereof, such as the perl or python expect modules.

Google should help you out with this.


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On 12/15/10 6:59 AM, a bv wrote:

Hi,

I want to write a script which will run a command that gives some
written information and needs to press enter key to go on keyboard.
Then it will ftp its output etc.

How can i easily make this enter key issue on the script?

Regards


#!/bin/bash
echo "Press Enter"
read result

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On 15/12/10 11:59, a bv wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to write a script which will run a command that gives some
> written information and needs to press enter key to go on keyboard.
> Then it will ftp its output etc.
>
> How can i easily make this enter key issue on the script?
>
> Regards
>

Another option, if there's a lot of info, is to pipe the output through
'less' so it gets paged. Maybe add the '-e' option so that enter will
exit less rather than the default of having to use 'q'.

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If you are using bash simply use the read statement. For example:


#!/bin/bash

echo -e "
Demonstration text.
"
echo -n "Press ENTER to continue"
read


John

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Subject: Using enter key in bash script

Hi,

I want to write a script which will run a command that gives some
written information and needs to press enter key to go on keyboard.
Then it will ftp its output etc.

How can i easily make this enter key issue on the script?

Regards

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