How to call expect in shell script?

john.daker · 08-24-2008, 09:15 PM

If I use #!/bin/expect,it works

Code:

#!usr/bin/expect  -f
set password my_passwd
spawn ssh my_user@my_ssh_server
expect "*password: "
send "$password\r"
interact

But when I use expect in shell script,it doesnt work

Code:

#!/bin/bash


/usr/bin/expect <<EOF
set password my_passwd
spawn ssh my_user@my_ssh_server
expect "*password: "
send "$password\r"
interact
EOF

How to use expect in shell script?
Thanks.

matthewg42 · 08-24-2008, 09:27 PM

Consider putting the expect script in a separate file and invoking it with the -f option.

jlinkels · 08-25-2008, 08:33 PM

Doesn't work is not a correct error description.

Put this in the expect part of you script:

Code:

exp_internal 1

Then execute you script with

Code:

sh -x yourscript

You should see something which leads you quickly to the problem. If not you are able to tell us where it goes wrong.

jlinkels