06-10-2006
...just like calling any other command/file/script; something like:
for x in $(cat IP.addresses); do
expect_script $x
done
then in expect_script you'd have something like:
spawn telnet [lindex $argv 0] ## where [lindex $argv 0] = $x
do expect commands
exit 0
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