[SOLVED] How to send '/' in expect?

waymanise · 08-09-2010, 08:02 AM

Hi,

I'm trying to use expect to telnet to web server and send HTTP command like POST, GET, etc.

Here's my code

Code:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

expect -c "
spawn telnet 192.168.1.1 80
send "POST /cgi-bin/auth HTTP/1.1"
exit 0
"

But this gives an error

couldn't read file "/cgi-bin/authgw-cgi": no such file or directory

I think this is because of /

How to send / in expect?

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 08-09-2010, 10:34 AM

No that's not it. you're not writing the script right, and using double quotes for two different reasons, so it's just gibberish what you're writing.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

spawn telnet 192.168.1.1 80
send "POST \/cgi-bin\/auth HTTP\/1.1/r"
exit 0

would by accurate, but I expect you'll need to set an expect after the send to process gracefully.

waymanise · 08-10-2010, 08:57 PM

Thanks a lot man. That should do it.

waymanise · 08-18-2010, 08:18 AM

I finally get it to work using curl, very easy solution. Cheers