What about an expect script that takes your password as a parameter?

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 5:12 AM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> wrote:

> I need to run a provided program from the command line.
> It starts an X program.
> It then prompts for a password from the command line.
>
> I'd like to continue on at the command line after entering the password
> (rather than having to open another bash session) while the program
> continues to run.
>
> You can't just append ' &' because it asks for a password as input.  So it
> hangs the process, waiting for input.
>
> Call me nuts, but I don't like saving an important password in a local
> file, so I'm pretty sure redirecting STDIN is out.
>
> Is there any way to enter the password and then tell it to fork, from the
> command line?  (I don't think there is, but it would be really nice.)
>
> Paul
>
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