How to Automate Shell Scripts with Expect Command

How to Automate Shell Scripts with Expect Command

We’ll show you how to automate shell scripts with expect command. The “Expect” name comes from the concept of sending/waiting for sequences popular by uucp, kermit and various modem management programs. However, not like uucp, Expect is generalized so it can be executed as a user-level command with any program and task in mind. Expect can communicate with multiple programs at the same time. In other words the Expect is a program that talks to a variety of interactive programs according to the script. 

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