Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!emory!gatech!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cubmol!ping From: ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: standard input to commands in a shell script Message-ID: <1990Oct12.025833.13376@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu> Date: 12 Oct 90 02:58:33 GMT Reply-To: ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) Organization: Dept. of Biology, Columbia Univ., New York, NY Lines: 13 When I invoke the following script, the process always pauses at the password prompt. I have to hit the return key to make it proceed. I don't know what's the problem. Do you have the same problem if you try it? I'm working on a Sun-3 with os4.1. I appreciate it if anyone can point out the problem for me. Thanks. # cut here ftp genbank.bio.net << END ftp ident ls quit END