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Subject: Re: Give an answer to a question that is asked after a command has
 been run with in a script.
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On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:57:01 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
> I run a command to start the splunk software and get asked a question. I =
want to be able to answer the question with a y within the script. I have t=
ried to pass in a y but nothing happens, no y gets printed at the end of th=
e question or when I try to redirect a file with the y still nothing happen=
s. See the different code I have tried and output.
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> #
>=20
> set -x
>=20
> `/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start` < /var/tmp/answer
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> ++ /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start
>=20
> Do you agree with this license? [y/n]:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> #
>=20
> set -x
>=20
> `/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start` < y
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> ++ /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start
>=20
> Do you agree with this license? [y/n]:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> #
>=20
> set -x
>=20
> echo "y" | `/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start`
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> + echo y
>=20
> ++ /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start
>=20
> Do you agree with this license? [y/n]:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> #
>=20
> set -x
>=20
> `/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start` |echo "y"
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> + echo y
>=20
> y
>=20
> ++ /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start
>=20
> Do you agree with this license? [y/n]:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> ++ /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start
>=20
> Do you agree with this license? [y/n]:
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> #
>=20
> set -x
>=20
> `/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start`' <<-EOF >y
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> ++ /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start
>=20
> Do you agree with this license? [y/n]:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> #
>=20
> set -x
>=20
> `/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start`' << "y"'
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> ++ /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start
>=20
> Do you agree with this license? [y/n]:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> #
>=20
> set -x
>=20
> `/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start`' <<-EOF
>=20
> y
>=20
> EOF
>=20
>=20
>=20
> [root@ct-eng-fmq02-devint tmp]# ./splunk.sh
>=20
> ./splunk.sh: line 5: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
>=20
> ./splunk.sh: line 9: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I did run autoexpect -p /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start and it did cr=
eate a expect script script.exp. I copied that expect scripts(script.exp)to=
 another server and ran it it got to this point and hit enter or space bar =
nothing happens. This royally sucks.=20
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 and attorneys hired to perform services for you) and only subject to the
 following conditions: you may use each Splunk Server with an Enterprise
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