[ale] Expect?

[Lightner, Jeff]

Expect is a good tool if you're trying to automate things that interact
with other things but don't have automatic logins setup via ssh/scp.
I've used it for things like doing telnet to 10 fibre bridges we used to
have and going through their menus to do reboots.   On those ssh wasn't
an option and their was no way to script anything on the bridge itself.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Randy Ramsdell
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:27 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Expect?

Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> Anyone working with expect? I have a prog that needs to be killed and 
> restarted based on stdout from the prog. I have the spawn and
detection 
> working, just need the kill -9...
> -- 
> :wq!
> ======================================================
> Robert L. Harris | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B
> 

I suppose, why expect?
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