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Article #1479Re: standard input to commands in a shell script
From: Bruce Barnett
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 1990 17:31
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 1990 17:31
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> In article <1990Oct12.025833.13376@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu> ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) writes: >>ftp genbank.bio.net << END >>ftp >>ident >>ls >>quit >>END In article <7219@muffin.cme.nist.gov> libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes) writes: >The problem is that ftp (as do most programs) reads passwords from >/dev/tty, ignoring your i/o redirection. There is no shell mechanism >to get around this. News to me. I have always done this, which works fine. set HOST=`hostname` set SOURCE=machine.edu set temp=/tmp/file ftp -n $SOURCE <<END user anonymous $HOST get pub/file $temp quit END -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: standard input to commands in a shell script Message-ID: <BARNETT.90Oct12133123@grymoire.crd.ge.com> Date: 12 Oct 90 17:31:23 GMT References: <1990Oct12.025833.13376@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu> <7219@muffin.cme.nist.gov> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 28 In-reply-to: libes@cme.nist.gov's message of 12 Oct 90 16:37:37 GMT