Subj : Re: 'expect' scripting
To   : Dream Master
From : Nelgin
Date : Mon Feb 22 2021 20:08:55

Dream wrote:
>   Re: Re: 'expect' scripting
>   By: Deavmi to Khelair on Sat Aug 05 2017 01:11 pm
> 
>  > `expect`? Is that a command? What is it?
> 
> "expect" is an automation tool that allows for unattended interaction with terminal-based programs.  For example, you can set a loginUser and loginPassword, and when the output of the program displays "password:" it would throw the password.
> 
> It's pretty slick.  I've used it for EMC Cloning for database environments (SDLC type tiers) where I clone production database LUNs (volume groups) down tiers.
> 
> (and, this is an old thread, but who cares.)

4 years old.

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