in reply to Re^2: Interact with messages
in thread Interact with messages

Then expect is your friend.

It allows you to launch a program, wait for one or more prompts and react to them. In substance with Expect you can define a "script" telling it how to answer to different prompts from the program it is executing.

Rule One: "Do not act incautiously when confronting a little bald wrinkly smiling man."

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