[ale] Bash Scripting: How to pass "yes" + carriage return?

[Christopher Bergeron]

How about:  echo -e "yes\n" | whatevercommand

-CB



Michael Still wrote:

>Maybe a better idea is to rename the old directory to something else
>before running the export command again and then deleting it later. 
>What happens if you have a system failure during this backup process?
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>On 11/11/05, Ryan Fish <FishR at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>>Hello all,
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>>I am in need of figuring out how to pass a "yes" followed by a carriage
>>return via a bash script so a backup process can run successfully each day.
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>>The script does the following:
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>>1) ssh to RaQ server as root
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>>2) run cmuExport
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>>3) copies contents of export to NAS device
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>>Since cmuExport has been run before a prompt stating the directory the file
>>is written to already exists, do I want to overwrite is returned.  The only
>>way to get past this point is to enter "y" then press ENTER at the prompt.
>>This is what I am attempting to automate.
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>>Thank you for any help offered!
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>>-Ryan
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