Java: Detecting user prompt when running a batch script from Java-Collection of common programming errors
I need to execute from Java a batch script, which does following
1) Once it is started it performs a lengthy (up to several seconds) task.
2) Thereafter, it displays a prompt “Password:”.
3) Then, the user types in the password and presses the Enter key.
4) Then, the script completes its job.
I know how to launch the script from Java, I know how to read output of the batch script in Java, but I don’t know how to wait for the password prompt to appear (how I get to know that the batch script is awaiting the password entry).
So, my question is: How to get to know when the batch script has printed the prompt?
At the moment, I have following code:
final Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
final String command = ... ;
final Process proc = runtime.exec(command, null, this.parentDirectory);
final BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
proc.getInputStream()));
String line = null;
while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
LOGGER.debug("proc: " + line);
}