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I'm trying to create a here document to automate the sudo command. Anyone have any experience with this? This is what I have but it's not working, it still prompts for password: !/usr/bin/ksh scsudo - root pkgadd <<HereDoc password HereDoc

Name: nails
Date: August 29, 2007 at 13:29:28 Pacific

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Typically, for this type of problem, you have to use expect: http://expect.nist.gov/

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Thanks for the reply, I actually found the "empty" command and it might prove more useful. http://empty.sourceforge.net/ In my case I think it would be best to stay away from any external tools.

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