In case anyone is interested, here is the expect
script I needed. Nancy sent some helpful links, and
other web sites helped also.
#!/usr/local/bin/expect --
#Note: expect scripts follow Tcl syntax.
set timeout 20
send "Connecting to server\n"
spawn telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
#turn control to user. "^" --> return to script
interact "^" return
set timeout 600
expect {
"same patient?" {sleep 0.5 ; send "n" ;
exp_continue}
}
That expect program is excellent!
I can't remember who on the list first directed me to
it, but many thanks!
Thanks
Kevin
--- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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