[ale] Bash Scripting: How to pass "yes" + carriage return?

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Ryan Fish wrote:
> Hello all,
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> I am in need of figuring out how to pass a "yes" followed by a carriage
> return via a bash script so a backup process can run successfully each day.
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> The script does the following:
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> 1) ssh to RaQ server as root
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> 2) run cmuExport
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> 3) copies contents of export to NAS device
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> Since cmuExport has been run before a prompt stating the directory the file
> is written to already exists, do I want to overwrite is returned.  The only
> way to get past this point is to enter "y" then press ENTER at the prompt.
> This is what I am attempting to automate.
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> Thank you for any help offered!

have you tried:

echo "y" | cmuExport

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Until later, Geoffrey