Re: [Expectperl-discuss] matching tilde

[Ken I. <fn...@ua...>]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 03:26:49PM +0100, Stefaan Coene wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to automate some remote commands and to do so, I want to match the 
> prompt of the remote server.  The problem is that there is a tilde (~) in 
> the 
> prompt.  No mather what I tried, I can not match the prompt.
> Changing the prompt so there is no tilde in it, is no option.
> 
> Any idea ?

I don't think tilde should have any special meaning in regular
expressions, but it is sometimes used as an escape character in
transport protocols, e.g., ssh or the cu/tip program.  If that's
where it's hanging up, it may be possible to specify a different
escape character, so tilde would work like an ordinary character.
Or, it's usually possible to "escape" an escape character, e.g,.
by using two of them instead of one.  Just a guess.

Ken

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