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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbreeder.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wwa.com!news.ucdavis.edu!trefoil.bogs.org!greg From: greg@trefoil.bogs.org (Greg Shenaut) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: automated telnet? Date: 23 Feb 1997 04:34:39 GMT Organization: BOGS Research Group Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5eohcv$o4h$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <330E4EF3.6615@monad.net> Reply-To: gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: bogslab.ucdavis.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6074 Paul Venezia (pvenezia@monad.net) wrote: : I'm trying to figure out the best way of automating a telnet session to : log into a router and get certain data. I believe that expect is the : best way to accomplish this, but the man page is a bit long-winded. Does : anyone have an example application of expect? : -- : Paul Venezia - MonadNet System Administrator : pvenezia@monad.net : http://www.monad.net The expect distribution has a heap of examples; plus, I recommend the O'Reilly book on expect--I think it's called "Exploring Expect". -Greg