Summary - Expect Script

> I want to thank all those who responded. I had an 
error in my script
> below (expect -r "$prompt" it should be 
expect "machinename%" - sorry
> about that). Josh Glover's hint's helped fix the 
problem.
> 
> 
> Have you tried adding a short sleep before sending 
the password? This 
> has helped me before.
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> > #!/usr/local/bin/expect
> > log_file -noappend "telnetoutput.txt"
> > spawn telnet 138.10.12.144
> > expect "ogin: "
> > sleep 1; send "dude\r"
> > expect "assword: "
> > sleep1; send "dude\r"
> > expect -r "$prompt"
> > send "cat /var/adm/messages | grep keyword"
> > send "exit\r"
> 
> Worth a shot, maybe.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Josh Glover <jmglov@incogen.com>
> 
> Associate Systems Administrator
> INCOGEN, Inc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Bob Abenoja
> PBIS Tech Supoort - San Ramon CA
> 925.806.4782
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> ################
> 
> Dear Sun Gurus,
> 
> I have just installed expect 5.25 along with tcl-8.0 
> and tk-8.0 on a solaris 2.6 sparc 5.
> 
> I modified a script I saw posted over a month ago. 
> Here is a simple copy of my script:
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/expect
> log_file -noappend "telnetoutput.txt"
> spawn telnet 138.10.12.144
> expect "ogin: "
> send "dude\r"
> expect "assword: "
> send "dude\r"
> expect -r "$prompt"
> send "cat /var/adm/messages | grep keyword"
> send "exit\r"
> 
> 
> The script gets to the password part and stops. The 
> prompt is then returned, almost looking like it 
tried 
> to insert the prompt for the password. I know the 
> password is correct and I also tried another 
account. 
> Can an Expect script expert help me figure this out.
> 
> Thank you,
> Robert Abenoja
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