Re: [Expectperl-discuss] matching tilde

[Stefaan C. <ste...@ax...>]

On Saturday 24 March 2007, Ken Irving wrote:
> 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

I don't know that this messsage will reach the list.  I tried to subscribe 
with different email address.  Sometimes I got a confirmation email, 
sometimes I gog http errrors and so on.
So I hope I didn't spammed the list too much.

Anyway, when I set the prompt so there was no tilde in, expect is working like 
expected.  The tilde was the problem.  Was.  I found a simple solution.  When 
I spawn the remote session, I let it timeout and set the prompt to a random 
string.  So, I can match the random string and don't have to match the ~


Stef