Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 15:42:36 +0200 (SAT) From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net (Brendan Kosowski) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chat scripts Message-ID: <E0yhaHs-0000sm-00@ns.cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980604225621.4485A-100000@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net> from Brendan Kosowski at "Jun 4, 98 11:10:34 pm"
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Brendan Kosowski wrote: > > Does FreeBSD have a SHELL COMMAND that uses an expect/send sequence to > chat with ANY PROGRAM ??? > > eg. Lets say I want to make a script that chats with the ftp program ( > giving it commands automatically and then exitting ). If you specifically want to automate ftp, then you can use a here document (depending on your shell): ftp -n << END_OF_COMMANDS open some.server.org user anonymous my@email.address cd /some/where get some.file bye END_OF_COMMANDS Alternatively, you can install "expect" (it's in the ports). I've never used it, but I believe it does what you want. -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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