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expect

Automate interactive CLI applications with scripted input/output

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Program that can automate interactive applications

Commands

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Examples

Automate SSH login with password$ expect -c 'spawn ssh user@host; expect "password:"; send "mypass\r"; interact'

Create expect script file for FTP interaction

$ cat > script.exp << 'EOF'
spawn ftp ftp.example.com
expect "Name"
send "user\r"
expect "Password"
send "pass\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "quit\r"
EOF
expect script.exp

Generate expect script from recorded interactive session$ autoexpect ssh user@host