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# 1  
Old 08-09-2014
Spawn: Command not found
Hi all,

I want to run the following command from my main prompt :

Code:
[root@node]# spawn bash

but I get the following error:

Code:
spawn: Command not found.

For this to work , I first have to go into expect.

Code:
[root@node]#expect
expect1.1>spawn bash
spawn bash
564
expect1.2>

Is there any way I can skip the expect command and use spawn commands directly from the prompt ?
# 2  
Old 08-09-2014
spawn is not a shell command, but internal to expect.
# 3  
Old 08-11-2014
What are you trying to achieve by spawning a shell?
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