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expect script to automate telnet login

I have been trying to create an expect script to automatically login to my device through telnet If there are …

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How to use Bash script variables in Expect conditional statements

I am writing a Bash script and using Expect to do sftp. Now in the Expect block I want to …

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How can I make an expect script prompt for a password?

I have an expect script that connects to a few routers through ssh. All these routers have the same password (…

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How to automate telnet session using Expect?

I'm trying to write an expect script to automate telnet. This is what I have so far. #!/usr/bin/expect # …

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Tcl + Check file existence

I'm trying to check if a file exists or not in Tcl, but I can't seem to get a true …

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Spawn command not found

I have an error trying to run a .sh file line 2: spawn: command not found ": no such file or directory …

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How to store output in a variable while using expect 'send' command

Thanks. But the account and password are needed. So I must send them and then send ovs-vsctl command. the scripts …

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How to use Expect in a Bash script

I am trying to write a script that pulls the latest version of my software from a Git repository and …

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How to give password in shell script?

In a shell script file I am using some commands like scp and make install which ask for my password. …

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Why is my expect script failing on line 1?

The very first line of my expect script fails. Here are the entire contents of my script and it fails: #!/…

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