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Libes, D., Expect: Scripts for Controlling Interactive Programs, Computing Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2, University of California Press Journals, 1991 - A nice overview with a balance of example scripts and explanations.
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Expect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Expect is a Unix automation and testing tool, written by Don Libes as an extension to the Tcl scripting language, for interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, ssh, and...
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Code Explained (Expect Script's); There are two expect scripts, one to telnet in and out of every server and the other to telnet in and give control to the user. Firstly we set the timeout in the script to 20 seconds, this means that if everything else goes wrong the program will exit after 20 seconds.
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using expect scripts for remote admin Linux - General ... i've read the expect pages up and down (aka man expect). and while i've gained basic knowledge of the tool, i'm a bit stuck with an advanced topic. my mission: to remote admin multiple debian ... expect scripts and cron banderson Linux - Software 8 05-27-2005 04:44 AM...
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What is expect-lite? expect-lite is a quick and easy command line automation tool. Written in expect, it is designed to directly map an interactive terminal session into an automation script. expect-lite scripts use special character(s) at the beginning of each line to indicate the action.
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The question arose yesterday - "What do I need to know to look at / debug / maintain Expect scripts that have been written by others and I maintain / what are the common issues and pitfalls". Now THERE is an interesting question to help me clear my mind.
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