bypass read command in shell script

Question

I have a bash script like this:

#some commands
#.....
read answer
#....
#Other commands

the answer should be yes or no.

I want to run the script and bypass reading answer giving it the value yes. But I can't edit the script's code.

Is there anyway to do that using parameters or some bash tools??

Is that read the only input required by the script? In that case a simple echo "yes" | ./script.sh would work. — wooghie
– wooghie, Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 11:45

SzG · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-03 11:46:01Z

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Just pipe a 'yes' into the standard input of your script:

echo yes | your_bash_script

answered Sep 3, 2013 at 11:46

SzG

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Yes!, that's it. thank you very much. I don't know how I didn't think about that, so close!