Expect script: how do i send function key F12 in an expect script

alix123 · 11-19-2008, 02:33 AM

I'am new to expect how do i send function key F12 in an expect script??

teknik · 11-20-2008, 12:07 PM

take a look at http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html#q54

When I followed the instructions for the "od -c" command, for F12, I got:

Code:

^[[24~
0000000 033   [   2   4   ~  \n
0000006

Therefore, the send command in Expect would be:

Code:

send "\033\[24~"

cityprince143 · 08-29-2013, 10:21 PM

The link you provided seems to be down. I am having the same issue as "alix123",but mine is F9. I tried sending send "\033\[20~". But didn't work. Could you please help.

Thanks in advance

Regards
Ashok

lpd738 · 08-30-2013, 10:15 AM

Well Ashok, I think the original reply has a typo and that is the second '\'. '\' is an escape character so you don't need to escape the '[' character. I think that you'll find that "\033[20~" or "\033[24~" will suit you better. If you care to know, the 033 is the octal representation of the ASCII ESC character... \ sets it into octal or other modes, i.e. \x0A is hex for 0A or 10 decimal. \012 is the octal (base-8) representation of that ASCII character. Here's a code snippet from my server, it uses XTERM or LINUXCON so it's DIFFERENT codes for the function keys.

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child.send("\033OP") #Sends an F1 key. If I need to do manually, I hit "ESC O P". This does the same.
child.send("\015") #Sends enter key.

Also, sendline sometimes doesn't work sending the enter key so two child.send's is needed.

Good luck ya'll!

P.S. the command od -c -w4 will do you well. Run it, hit a FN key and then enter and it will display the info from the second post!

cityprince143 · 09-01-2013, 09:06 PM

Thanks a lot lpd738

I manage to workaround it. But I will try your suggestions, because if it works that will be perfect :-)