I am attempting to open multixterm on my desktop machine, but I end up with the error: usr:~> multixterm can’t find package Expect while executing “package require Expect” (file “/usr/local/bin/multixterm” line 6″) Any help would be appreciated. I’ve tried running …
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TCL Expect is injecting an extra null character to stdout
It seems that expect is adding an extra null character or something to stdout. For example: What is this extra character and how do I get rid of it? Answer It’s not a null character. You can use a tool like xxd to see exactly what output expect is producing: This shows that you are getting a standard CR…
iterating ssh-copy-id command to copy on multiple hosts
I am trying to copy public key to my multiple hosts in a file called “hostsfile”. I am writing a script that will allow me to do that as I am setting a dev environment and I may end up doing it over and over. Googling around I have been able to place insert the public key using ssh-copy-id command
How to run eval spawn ssh and expect in background?
I created a script to get in inside an Access Point (AP) using ssh and execute some commands and I used expect to interact with shell. The scripts works fine when it is running on foreground, but when I try to execute the same script in background using & to fork the process, it stop at spawn ssh command …
How to send BACKSPACE in expect?
I’m trying to automatize some tool, and I have Problem is that by default in prompt is added last product number , for example When I run my expect script in prom is added So how I can tell in except that send BACKSPACE (delete) default product number add set only new one in prompt for example , somethi…
how can i read data from a file in expect script
I looked through this code online but will it read data if it is arragnged in 2 columns like. and so on I would like to assign each TFTP_SERVER_ADDRESS to a variable and use it in my script. furthermore,Is this piece of code secure : Answer Sample Script that reads data from a file and then calls an expect sc…
Hide output from expect
Here’s part of an expect script It read password from kwalletcli, and store in variable passwd. So I can connect to the servers with this passwd. However, the output of kwalletcli is pass through expect and show on console. How can I hide that. Answer Try adding to your script. That should turn off the …