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I managed to use PAD to open a Linux terminal window (via Putty to be exact), then execute a Linux command in the window via Send Key action. Now I need to execute another Linux command via Send Key action again after the previous Linux command is finished.

When the previous command is successfully finished, it will output some standard text, like "Command run successfully". My question is, is it possible for PAD to capture the appearance of specific text like that in that window before running another Send Key action? At this moment I have to insert a "Wait for x seconds" action between two Send Key actions as a workaround.

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There is a wait for Tex action in cmd commands. So you should be able to wait for that text to run the next command. In cmd, when the text is not known, I use ECHO END_OF_RESPONSE, and then wait for “END_OF_RESPONSE”

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@MichaelAnnis
Thanks for your response; but in my case I am not sending keystrokes to a CMD session. Instead, it is a Linux session started by PAD "Run Application" action, e.g.

1. Run-Application -ApplicationPath C:\Program Files\Putty\Putty.exe -ssh%IP% -%UserName%@%Password%
2. Send-Keys %KeystrokeSquence1%
3. Wait 600s
4. Send-Keys %KeystrokeSequence2%

Currently I have added "Wait 600s" as a workaround. Any ideas? Thanks.

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There is a “read text on screen (ocr) action. Other than mistaking 1s for ls, it works pretty good.

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@MichaelAnnis Thanks for your suggestion. Based on what you have suggested, I have found an action called "Wait for text on screen (OCR)". I am going to try it.

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@MichaelAnnis The action "Wait for text on screen (OCR)" works; although before using this action one has to test it using "Extract Text with OCR" to confirm if the output text would be extracted as expected. Thanks.

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