[RndTbl] UNIX command transcript with canned input, echoed in output?

Sean Cody sean at tinfoilhat.ca
Fri Nov 25 21:22:16 CST 2011


I'm with bill on this one.

Making expect scripts is not very difficult.  It is what I used when I took non-imperative for just this purpose though with clisp and prolog interpreters.  Oreilly has a good book on it 'exploring expect' (i have a copy) which you are welcome to Gilbert.

-- 
Sean (mobile)

On 2011-11-25, at 9:17 PM, Bill Reid <billreid at shaw.ca> wrote:

> To synchronize the merging of input and output the controlling routine must wait for the prompt before sending the next line of input. This is exactly what expect is prepared to do.
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