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printf "%s" "x"

printf "%s" "string1"

or, if you want to add a newline:

printf "%s-n" "string1"

cat File1

I presume you want to ***input*** the data into lynx as if it were coming from the keyboard, not just ***output*** it to the screen. For this you use pipes, which connects two programs (or commands) so the *output* of one is fed as input into the other. Write two commands, separated by a " character:

printf "%s-n" "Barf" lynx

The next step is to have *multiple* commands on the left hand side of the ". Use parentheses:

( printf "%s" "Barf" printf "%s" "Meaaw" ) lynx

There is also the "echo" command that is simpler to use than "printf".

echo "Barf" echo "Meaaw"

but when you get a tad more advanced, and begin to use variables:

echo "$var"

you may be in for a few surprises. Usually not, hard to predict when. For programming, printf is reliable, predictable, but looks a little more ugly when you read your script.

I have not tested the above, it is possible that lynx tests what kind of device the input is coming from. It may even complain that it cannot run from a pipe, it wants a terminal! There are ways to handle that, but it's a bit more complicated, and I'll rather address it if you say it is required.

-Enrique