Shell output directed to program (HELP)

[Alexis Dimitriadis]

> > ... I need to know if there is a way
> > to pass strings input to this program to the shell
> > for execution (such as pwd or cd etc.) and have
> > the resulting output from the shell directed back
> > to the program ...
> 
> Sure, but you have to be careful.  Trying to attach pipes
> for both input & output from the subshell is too hard,
> since the possibility of deadlock exists.  [...]


  Also, this will break may programs that modify their behavior when their
input or output is/is not a terminal.  (e.g. csh, ls, more, etc.).
  If your system has ptys, (pseudo-ttys) you should use them. They appear
as /dev/pty* if you have them.
 

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