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From: jhawk@panix.com (John Hawkinson)
Newsgroups: panix.internet.slip,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.questions,com.unix.shell
Subject: Re: script
Followup-To: comp.unix.shell
Date: 16 Jul 1994 08:17:09 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC
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In <307gpg$5jh@panix2.panix.com> rpritz@panix.com (richard) writes:
>will someone please tell me why the following chat script dies after it
>echoes 'dialed' to the screen (and it really has dialed an established
>a connection). on connection, i am asked "what service
>please?", i respond "slip", then it asks "username:" then "password:"
>chat -v ease? slip < /dev/cua01 > /dev/cua01
^^^^^
You need to quote the question mark, otherwise the shell takes it
and tries to do things. Use:
chat -v 'ease?' slip ...
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John Hawkinson
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