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[Expectperl-discuss] using expect to spawn a process on remote system

[Dhiren C. <cd...@gm...>]

Hi All,

I am new to Expect and want to write a Perl  program which shall
spawn/interact with a remote program say e.g. xyz which has interactive
promts. The remote system supports telnet to login. Can someone send me the
perl code to achieve this?

Many thanks in advance.


local system:
----------------------
./abc.pl                   //this program has to spawn a remote progrm "xyz"
and send interactive commands based on the prompts shown below




remote system
-----------------------

./xyz

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Re: [Expectperl-discuss] using expect to spawn a process on remote system

[Ron S. <gee...@ya...>]

--- On Sun, 5/10/09, Dhiren Chandvania <cd...@gm...> wrote:

> From: Dhiren Chandvania <cd...@gm...>
> Subject: [Expectperl-discuss] using expect to spawn a process on remote system
> To: exp...@li...
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 5:51 AM
> Hi All,
> 
> I am new to Expect and want to write a Perl  program which
> shall
> spawn/interact with a remote program say e.g. xyz which has
> interactive
> promts. The remote system supports telnet to login. Can
> someone send me the
> perl code to achieve this?
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> local system:
> ----------------------
> ./abc.pl                   //this program has to spawn a
> remote progrm "xyz"
> and send interactive commands based on the prompts shown
> below
> 
> 
> 
> 
> remote system
> -----------------------
> 
> ./xyz
> 
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You can get a get deal of information at: http://expect.nist.gov/ (Expect Home Page). Also, you may want to look into getting the definitive book on Expect: Exploring Expect by Don Libes published by O'Reilly. in a pinch, you can always Google "using Expect". There are scripts around that can/will give you a guideline to go by. Expect is a great tool, really powerfull and easy to use.


Ron Smith
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