This article explains the following in the expect scripting language. Expressions – arithmetic operation if construct in expect looping constructs Define Expect Variables – set command In expect, you can set the variable values using set command as shown below, # To set the variable with numeric ...
Expect scripting language is used to feed input automatically to an interactive program. It is easy to learn compared to other scripting languages. Using expect script sysadmins and developers can automate redundant tasks easily. It works by expecting specific strings, and sending or responding strings...
Today we are going to talk about a tool that does magic to our shell scripts; that tool is theExpect commandorExpect scripting language. Expect command or expect scripting language is a language that talks with your interactive programs or scripts that require user interaction. Expect scripting l...
Today we are going to talk about a tool that does magic to our shell scripts, that tool is the Expect command or Expect scripting language. Expect command or expect scripting language is a language that talks with your interactive programs or scripts that require user interaction. Expect ...
Below are some examples of using expect in Bash scripting: 1. “Hello World” The script below will expect a specific string, “hello”, in order to send “world” as a response. 2. Setting Timeout On Expect String The default timeout is 10 seconds, but you can change this setting to...
Expect scripting issue Go to solution pantelis1 Level 1 10-15-2013 03:32 AM Hi All I am in the process of creating an expect script to capture the output of show commands from various devices and output them as <name of the device>..txt However, I am having the following ...
Expect is a scripting language that automates interactive tasks. It is commonly used for network management and a variety of other applications. Expect can be used to automate such tasks as logging into a system, issuing commands, and manipulating data. The syntax of expect is based on the Tc...
Need some help in expect scripting Hi All,I have written one expect script to collect the dmesg and bt command output when machine is in kdb mode . But i want the script to check the condition that if get the kdb prompt then do the following steps or else pass one value to one file...
Expect scripts can be used to automate multiple CLI commands in batch mode. Expect is a UNIX scripting and testing utility which can be used with SSH-based applications, like the Oracle VM CLI. Expect scripts can have any file name suffix you like, though they generally have an .exp extens...
6.Shell Programming and Scripting Problem capturing output in TCL script I have a TCL script that logs into a switch using expect.I send a command "show port-security address" and it returns a table having a large number of rows.I need to capture this output(the table) and store it in...