in reply to interact with a UNIX pgm

You don't necessarily need to pull out perl. Try this from the shell: 
name_of_cmd <<END
answer_to_question_1
answer_to_question_2
answer_to_question_3
answer_to_question_4
END

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This works if you know the answers ahead of time. If you need to make decisions based on the output of the program, then Expect.pm is your baby.

thor

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Re: Re: interact with a UNIX pgm
by lafont99 (Initiate) on Dec 27, 2002 at 19:30 UTC
    Well, I look at the expect seems that I have a lot of preliminary work to do, need MCPAN, need to download module and install them I am always missing some module or tool to do the Makefile.PL I tried the other option wiht the shell, but it seems that my UX program eats all the answer on the first prompt then he gives me my second question and I do not have anything left to answer, should I be putting some kind of control character after the first answer to stop the program from eating all my answer at once ?
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