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February 1, 2016 12:27
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Write to STDIN of running Process
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## Alternative 1: write to file descriptor (not usable) | |
input='testing' | |
pid=1212 | |
echo $input > /proc/$pid/fd/0 | |
## Alternative 2: Pipe fifo to the app | |
fifo_file=/tmp/fifo | |
mkfifo $fifo_file; cat > $fifo_file &; echo $! > {$fifo_file}.pid | |
(cat $fifo_file | myapp) | |
echo "testing" > $fifo_file | |
kill -9 `cat $fifo_file.pid` && rm $fifo_file* |
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