write eof without closing

[Fredrik Lundh]

cage wrote:

> I want to use a program that has a 'pipe' mode, in which you can use 
> stdin to send commands to the program. I found out that, when in pipe 
> mode and you are using the keyboard as input source you can do Ctrl-D to 
> 'signal' the program that you have finished typing your command. The 
> program parses and then performs the command, and it doesn't quit. It 
> quits after 'Quit\n' + Ctrl-D

have you tried *flushing* the output stream after each command?

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