sexpect

Expect-like tool for automating interactive shell commands

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Expect for shells

sexpect

Start an interactive session and send commands

$ sexpect spawn bash
sexpect send 'echo hello'
sexpect expect 'hello'

Automate SSH login with password

$ sexpect spawn ssh user@host
sexpect expect 'password:'
sexpect send 'mypassword'
sexpect expect '$'

Check if command output contains expected string

$ sexpect spawn ftp ftp.example.com
sexpect expect 'Connected'
sexpect send 'quit'