Question

I would like to automate the response for some question prompted by some programs, like mysql prompting for a password, or apt asking for a ‘yes’ or … when I want to rebuild my haystack index with a ./manage.py rebuild_index.

For MySQL, I can use the –password= switch, and I’m sure that apt has a ‘quiet’ like option. But how can I pass the response to other programs ?

Answer 1

Why can’t you just use pipes?

For example, for an automated auto accept, just use yes, that just outputs a neverending stream of y.

yes | rm *.txt

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