automatically acknowledge commands

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Neil Watson wrote:

> Since Ken missed out on the last one here's another.  I have script that
> annoyingly requires a 'y' prompt part way through.  Alas, the script is
> not mine and may change in the future.  How can I automate the 'y'
> answer?

echo y | /path/to/script

yes | /path/to/script


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