exec the expect command in a shell script

wanghao · 11-21-2007, 08:11 PM

I'm writing a shell script(c style ) for remote issue deal,and i am trying to embed a expect line the shell but don't know how to do .here you see the
shell:
#!/bin/csh
*****command******
#now the expect
expect ? #how to go on
#i hope not write a independent file and here expect -f file ,
#the best is embed all the sentence
*****command*******
Thanks in advance !

harry edwards · 11-22-2007, 03:36 PM

What do you mean by expect command? I've coded several Shell Script and it's a term I am not familiar with. Do you mean a check to see if something exists?

wanghao · 11-22-2007, 10:54 PM

at a word ,i need to embed all the expect sentences in the c style script ,

jschiwal · 11-22-2007, 11:04 PM

Do you mean that you are using the "/usr/bin/csh" shell?

Maybe this link might help if this is a question on expect:
http://expect.nist.gov/

wanghao · 11-22-2007, 11:06 PM

yes that is

jlinkels · 11-23-2007, 05:06 AM

Expect is a scripting language based on TCL. As a matter of fact it is an extension of TCL which provide a few new commands, including the expect command.

Now you could write a minimal script in Expect, call that from Bash and use the return value again in Bash.

Some basic knowledge of TCL is needed when coding in Expect.

The link provided by jschiwal is the correct one which yields the most useful information.

jlinkels

wanghao · 11-23-2007, 11:06 PM

Thanks i'll go and have a look .