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From: dbert@mole.ai.mit.edu (Douglas Siebert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Shell command input redirection
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.040331.21757@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 91 04:03:31 GMT
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Hi all.  I'm not much of a shell programmer, and not a regular reader of this
group, but I find myself with a problem that seems to have me and many others
stumped but good!  I'm hoping someone here can offer me some guidance...

What I'm doing is using a command in a script executed by csh -f -b that
looks something like this:  command <<'END' >>&out  I'm then giving some
commands to that interactive command (FTP in this case) and terminating that
interactive redirection with 'END'.  So far so good, everything works.  But
I would like to perform a few shell commands (which could work in FTP as a
! command sort of form) and then use the result of those commands to supply
*further* input to the FTP process (which I'd like to have left going and not
have to quit and then re-enter if possible)  Can this be done?  If so how??!
Either reply by e-mail or respond here, I'll remain joined to this newsgroup
for a day or two to check all responses.  Thanks for any help someone can
offer!!

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Doug Siebert                                     dbert@albert.ai.mit.edu
MBA Student (2nd year)
The University of Iowa