Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community

Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: Expect scripting issue, works interactively when doing commands in cli, does not work in script
Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Expect scripting issue, works interactively when doing commands in cli, does not work in script Post 303038306 by aldowski on Friday 30th of August 2019 01:29:37 AM
Old 08-30-2019
Expect scripting issue, works interactively when doing commands in cli, does not work in script
Hi; problem may be obvious, simple but I have to say it is somehow not easy to locate the issue.

I am doing some word extracting from multiline text.

Interacting in CLI seems to work without issues. First step is to add multiline text to a variable.

Code:
expect1.1>
expect1.1> set multilinetext "first one two\nsecond one two three\nthird one\nfourth one two three four\nfifth one two"
first one two
second one two three
third one
fourth one two three four
fifth one two
expect1.2>

But I tried that inside script, no result, always getting error messages. Here are 5 attempts.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

expect -c "

set multilinetext \"first one two\\nsecond one two three\\nthird one\\nfourth one two three four\\nfifth one two\";
#     multilinetext=\"first one two\nsecond one two three\nthird one\nfourth one two three four\nfifth one two\";
#     set multilinetext 'first one two\nsecond one two three\nthird one\nfourth one two three four\nfifth one two';
#     set multilinetext \"first one two\nsecond one two three\nthird one\nfourth one two three four\nfifth one two\";
#     set multilinetext "first one two\nsecond one two three\nthird one\nfourth one two three four\nfifth one two"

;"

Errors are from the:
Code:
wrong # args: should be "set varName ?newValue?"
    while executing

To the:
Code:
couldn't read file "one": no such file or directory

And this is just the first step. Have to ask if somebody has correct command and explanation.

Thank you.
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Script doesn't work, but commands inside work

Howdie everyone... I have a shell script RemoveFiles.sh Inside this file, it only has two commands as below: rm -f ../../reportToday/temp/* rm -f ../../report/* My problem is that when i execute this script, nothing happened. Files remained unremoved. I don't see any error message as it... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: cheongww
2 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Script that works on one server does not work on another

Hello all, The following script (sess.sh) runs fine and gives the correct output on a SunOS 5.9 ( default shell =/bin/ksh) but gives incorrect results on a SunOS 5.7 (default shell= /bin/sh). The script logs on to an oracle database and queries the total no of sessions running in the database... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: luft
6 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

strange expect script behavior, or am i misunderstanding expect scripting?

Hello to all...this is my first post (so please go easy). :) I feel pretty solid at expect scripting, but I'm running into an issue that I'm not able to wrap my head around. I wrote a script that is a little advanced for logging into a remote Linux machine and changing text in a file using sed.... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: v1k0d3n
2 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Expect script doesn't work under crontab

Hi All, Using Expect script when I run it manually it works. But when I put the entry in crontab, the job is still running after 15 hours. The script was created as root. I don't think it's a permission issue. Any idea? This is what I have under root crontab... 00 18 * * 1-5... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: samnyc
4 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

simple php/expect script works from command line but not from web

I have a really basic expect script which I call from php. I works fine when I run the php from the shell, but from the web it appears as if the output buffer gets chopped and never gets all of the contents. php script: (runexpect.php) <?php... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jacksona2
7 Replies

6. AIX

HACMP: difference between 'cl' commands and 'cli' commands

Hi all, I'm new in this forum. I'm looking for the difference between the HACMP commands with the prefix "cl" and "cli". The first type are under /usr/es/sbin/cluster/sbin directory and the second are under /usr/es/sbin/cluster/cspoc directory. I know that the first are called HACMP for AIX... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: peppix
0 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Not the correct output, works fine via CLI, not inside the script.

Guys, I need you help please. The script below is not working correclty for checking via a awk/if statement . Can you tell me what i am doing wrong in the script code "if($1 == "$RETENTION_LEVEL") " Syntax RETENTION_LEVEL=`echo $LINE | cut -f2 -d" "` echo " ==============... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Junes
4 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

C-program works fine interactively, but not on the SGE server

Greetings, I have a C-program that is made to implement a hidden Markov model on an input file. The program is very memory intensive. I've installed it on my local server where I have an account and it compiles fine. The way they have the server set up is that you can either work... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Twinklefingers
1 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Expect script works on CLI, but not under Nagios

I'm having a problem scripting Expect to work as a Nagios check. The script runs fine from the cli, but not when run as a Nagios check. I turn on the debug output, and it looks like it's not seeing the whole buffer's worth of info, like it's paged interactively somehow. I'm new to Expect, but this... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dhargens
1 Replies

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Command works interactively but not in bash script

The below command works in the terminal interactively but not as part of a bash script. I though maybe I needed to escape the "$dir" so it isn't interpreted literally, but that's not it. Thank you :). interactively in terminal dir=/path/to new=$(ls "$dir"/*.csv -tr | tail -n 1) && echo... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
6 Replies

LEARN ABOUT SUSE

irsend

IRSEND(1)								FSF								 IRSEND(1)

NAME

       irsend - basic LIRC program to send infra-red commands

SYNOPSIS

       irsend [options] DIRECTIVE REMOTE CODE [CODE...]

DESCRIPTION

       Asks the lircd daemon to send one or more CIR (Consumer Infra-Red) commands. This is intended for remote control of electronic devices such
       as TV boxes, HiFi sets, etc.

       DIRECTIVE can be:
	  SEND_ONCE	    - send CODE [CODE ...] once
	  SEND_START	    - start repeating CODE
	  SEND_STOP	    - stop repeating CODE
	  LIST		    - list configured remote items
	  SET_TRANSMITTERS  - set transmitters NUM [NUM ...]
	  SIMULATE	    - simulate IR event

       REMOTE is the name of a remote, as described in the lircd configuration file.

       CODE is the name of a remote control key of REMOTE, as it appears in the lircd configuration file.

       NUM is the transmitter number of the hardware device.

       For the LIST DIRECTIVE, REMOTE and/or CODE can be empty:

	  LIST	 ""    ""   - list all configured remote names
	  LIST REMOTE  ""   - list all codes of REMOTE
	  LIST REMOTE CODE  - list only CODE of REMOTE

       The SIMULATE command only works if it has been explicitly enabled in lircd.

       -h --help
	      display usage summary

       -v --version
	      display version

       -d --device
	      use given lircd socket [/var/run/lirc/lircd]

       -a --address=host[:port]
	      connect to lircd at this address

       -# --count=n
	      send command n times

EXAMPLES

	  irsend LIST DenonTuner ""
	  irsend SEND_ONCE  DenonTuner PROG-SCAN
	  irsend SEND_ONCE  OnkyoAmpli VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP
	  irsend SEND_START OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN ; sleep 3
	  irsend SEND_STOP  OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN
	  irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
	  irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1 3 4
	  irsend SIMULATE "0000000000000476 00 OK TECHNISAT_ST3004S"

FILES

       /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
	      Default lircd configuration file.  It should contain all the remotes, their infra-red codes and the corresponding timing	and  wave-
	      form details.

DIAGNOSTICS

       If lircd is not running (or /var/run/lirc/lircd lacks write permissions) irsend aborts with the following diagnostics:
       "irsend: could not connect to socket"
       "irsend: Connection refused" (or "Permission denied").

SEE ALSO

       The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory.

       lircd(8), mode2(1), smode2(1), xmode2(1), irrecord(1), irw(1), http://www.lirc.org.

irsend 0.8.7pre1						     May 2010								 IRSEND(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:17 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy