P.S. Here are the tutorial sites I have been looking at if anyone else is able to make better sense of this than I am:
http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2001-01&article=guru http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/expect.1.html Thanks Kevin --- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I need a straight-forward script for expect. I have > been trying to read the documentation for expect, > but > am a bit overwhelmed. > > I need the script to look for a given phrase, and > give > an answer for me. > > Here is my attempt so far: > > #!/usr/bin/expect > > spawn telnet aix > expect "Is this the same patient?" {send N ; > exp_continue} > exit > > > I have gotten a slightly different form of the above > to automatically log in for me. My problem is that > I > need to go through a complex set of menus to get to > the point where it starts asking me the same > question > 10,000 times. > > Looking in the documentation, I see a command to > turn > control over to the user (i.e. me) for awhile, then > return control to the expect script. > > I am still not grasping how the program cycles, etc. > > Has anyone played with this enough to help me out? > > Thanks > Kevin > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the > post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt > from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
