Piping data to Linux program which expects a TTY (terminal)

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unbuffer, part of expect (sudo apt-get install expect-dev on Ubuntu Lucid), can fool a program into thinking it’s connected to a TTY.

$ tty 
/dev/pts/3
$ echo | tty 
not a tty
$ echo | unbuffer tty 
/dev/pts/11

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