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Tcl/Tk module T211
What is Expect? Why use it?
Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module T211. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Tcl, Tcl Basics

Tcl Programming - The Tcl programming language, and Expect This course covers the fundamentals of the Tcl programming language. You'll learn about Tcl ...
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Hot off the presses from the last couple of days - a check list (and a couple of "Gotcha" notes) concerning the installation of Tcl and Expect on a Solaris ...
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#!/usr/bin/expect # Simple Expect program - no error checking, just run a series of statements puts "Getting log file from otter" spawn ftp expect ...
http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=t211/ftp1  [code sample]
Programming in Expect can be very different (and more challenging) than conventional programming. Rather than write code (structured, if you like) through ...
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Expect is a Tcl extension that's heavily used by perhaps a third of our trainees. If you have an application that's designed for a human user, but you want to run it automatically, expect lets you mimic the human actions via a series of send and expect commands.

This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Tcl, Tcl Basics

Examples from our training material
e1   Simplest ping check via expect
e2   Ping via expect, echo back a value from the report
e3   expect - do not grab indeterminate
ftp1   First Expect example
ftp2   Expect with some error checking and decisions
linksandimages   Grab a web page, report all links and images
plet.exp   Expect for Windows - ping a host and guess its distance from you
weblinks   Grab a web page and report all links
wuff   Expecting from a list (regular expression)
yap   Expecting from a list (expect block)
Pictures
Tcl and Expect - a great way to handle interaction
Background information
Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.
Topics covered in this module
Sample problems.
A regular task.
A solution.
Software testing.
A possible solution.
What else is Expect?.
Expect commands.
spawn, expect and send.
More on the expect command.
Not wanting to echo what you expected?.
Not knowing what to expect?.
Variables set by expect.
Expect patterns.
Running Expect on Windows platforms.
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