# User input during the Travis built

**URL:** https://travis-ci.community/t/user-input-during-the-travis-built/5502
**Category:** Travis CI Discussions & Feedback
**Tags:** build-env
**Created:** [October 17, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/user-input-during-the-travis-built/5502 "2019-10-17T09:43:13Z")
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### Author: ![BanzaiMan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/banzaiman/32/67_2.png) [@BanzaiMan](https://travis-ci.community/u/BanzaiMan)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/user-input-during-the-travis-built/5502/2 "2019-10-17T12:29:37Z")

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There is no way to interact a human with the build while it is running; CI is meant to be automated, not interactive.

You can simulate certain user interactions with many tools, such as a simple `echo "ANSER" | cmd` and [`expect`](https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index).

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