From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 03:14:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5EB16A421 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:14:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E74A13C4A5 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 22468 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2007 21:14:03 -0600 Received: from 124-170-0-162.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.0.162) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 11 Nov 2007 21:14:03 -0600 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:13:50 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: Dan Nelson Message-ID: <20071112141350.31799437@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20071112014123.GF72824@dan.emsphone.com> References: <18231.42932.352721.726895@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20071112014123.GF72824@dan.emsphone.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Robert Huff , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't think of program X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:14:39 -0000 On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:41:23 -0600 Dan Nelson wrote: > > I am blanking on the name of this program, My mind says it > > should be "expect", but that's not right. > > Trust your mind :) It's expect. which is part of the ports tree: /usr/ports/lang/expect $ cat /usr/ports/lang/expect/pkg-descr Expect is a program that performs programmed dialogue with other interactive programs. It is briefly described by its man page, expect(1). It uses pseudo-tty's to control the child processes, so it is not affected by programs that refuse to read from stdin or pipes. (eg: passwd(1) etc). WWW: http://expect.nist.gov/ FAQ: http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.