I am executing an unrar command: 
my @unrar = ("./unrar", "e", "$file"); 
system(@unrar);

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my problem is that, as the archive is encrypted with a password, "unrar" prompts me within the execution shell for a password in the following fashion: 
Enter password (will not be echoed) for tocrack.txt:

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Is there any way I can have perl pass this second $password input interactively for me?

I've tried using a second system() command and backticks `` to no avail and there is unfortunately no commandline switch that I can use to extract a file using a password with the unrar command.

In short, what can I do if a program that I execute from within my script (using system() for instance) requires an interactive response?

Is there any way I can script this?

Thanks!

In reply to Simple (hopefully) shell/system() execution question by scotchfx

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