Patent ID: 7472355

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing commands for a text-command driven terminal session, comprising: receiving a selection of the terminal session in an interface; receiving a text-based command for the terminal session in the interface; arranging the command in a list within the interface; receiving a breakpoint in the list, wherein the sending step comprises sending the plurality of commands to the terminal session in accordance with the sequence until the breakpoint is reached; indicating, in the interface, the breakpoint in the list; sending the command to the terminal session for execution; receiving, in the interface, a result to verify in response to the execution of the command in the terminal session; indicating, in the interface, whether the result is verified when the command is executed in the terminal session, wherein the indicating includes at least one of whether the verification was performed, whether the verification failed, whether no verification was performed, or whether the command was not sent; and setting a time out value for verifying the result.