Not exactly an unknown command, but one that seldom reaches the Unix top ten, expect is an interesting Unix tool that allows you to run tasks that are designed to be interactive — even when you ...

Is there a way I can do this with an Expect script? I need to telnet to a CLI and run a command which will return a block of data which contains an IP address. I need to store this IP in a ...

I know you can make a simple shell script using just regular command line commands and tossing them into a script, or by using an expect script to automate the logging into(via ssh) a pc, but is ...

Listing 3. Python Script for Expect Interface. Lastly, I executed the Python/Expect script with python SSH_Example.py. Everything worked out fine. Once the basic module was created, it became clear ...