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Author(s): Don Libes

Publication date: September 1996

Citation: Don Libes: "How to Avoid Learning Expect -- or -- Automating Automating Interactive Programs," Proceedings of the Tenth USENIX System Administration Conference (LISA X), Chicago, IL, September 30 - October 4, 1996.

Key words: Expect, interaction automation, Tcl

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Abstract:
Expect is a tool for automating interactive programs. Expect is controlled by writing Tcl scripts, traditionally a manual process. This paper describes Autoexpect -- a tool that generates Expect scripts automatically by watching actual interactions and then writing the appropriate script. Using Autoexpect, it is possible to create Expect scripts without writing any actual Expect statements and without any knowledge of Expect.

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