Guys,

does anyone know if it is possible to tell a linux script to do a <return key> function?

for eg.....

./bin/myscript.s
<return>

Andy

 

but

#!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/somecommand

#EOF


Will run the 'somecommand' within a script ...

Or have I missed something in the question ?

 

Steve,

The myscript.s is calling an imaging program which in turn is re-imaging the pc but when it has finished it is dropping out and asking for a proxy ip address and press return. Once the user presses <return> it finishes.

And You're right I forgot to put the #!/bin/sh at the beginning of it - durrr!

Andy

 

Ah,

you want an expect script...

Expect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

or

Expect - Expect - Home Page


Really useful for automating interactive stuff..

 

Nice one cheers fella.... will start reading

 

...and (it's years since I've done any Unix shell scripting, so excuse me if way out).... isn't the easy way just to:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/myscript.s < return.key


and then use vi or summut to create a file called 'return.key' that just contains one or more carriage-returns.

That's certainly what I used to do, or something similar, in the good 'ol days!

 

Have sorted it.... modified a settings file and gave it a duff Proxy IP Address.

It's a SUSE Linux boot CD that we're making to re-image a users laptop.

Cheers for the replies

Andy