Re: [Expectperl-discuss] How to make an expect string optional

[Roland G. <rgi...@cp...>]

Use a multi-expect with callback and exp_continue:

$expect->expect($timeout,
  [ qr/Do you want to preserve the port number/ , sub { my $self = 
shift; $self->send("n\n"); exp_continue; }],
  [ qr/prompt>/, sub {}],
);

See the man page for details.

Hope this helps, Roland

avonnieda schrieb:
>    Hi Folks,
>
>   I have one line in a program I'm automating that will prompt sometimes,
> not always. How can I make an expect line "optional". In other words, ignore
> this block if you don't see the string before the timeot is reached. Here's
> the block I want to make optional.
>
>    $expect->expect($timeout,"Do you want to preserve the port number");
>    $expect->send("n\n");
>
>    Thanks very much for any insight.
>
>       -Adam 
>
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