Input info script

[sedawk]

Hi,

I don't know if this is the best place to ask this question. But I am sure Perl can do that job. Anyway, here is my question:

I have an executable file which installs an application. When hit "install", the executable will ask user info. For example,

> install
> Please input your name: (users input their names)
> Please input your ID: (users input their IDs)
...

There are about 20 items need to be input. For some reason, this procedure has to be done more than once with the exact inputs. I am wondering how to write a Perl or maybe shell script to do that.

The main problem is that the "install" executable has all the interface control. I don't know how to feed my inputs to "install", assuming I can save the user info into a file.

Thanks

 

[PaulTEG]

Win32::GUITest is probably what you're after

Paul
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[sedawk]

Thanks. But I forgot to say it is on Linux environment.

 

[KevinADC]

probably want to use Expect or Expect::Simple then. You can find them on

http://search.cpan.org/

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[sedawk]

Thanks. I take a look at Expect::Simple. Not sure if it fits or not 'cause the prompts are predefined. Can someone provide a simple example?

Thanks again.