Command substitution in send/expect. Please help!


 
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Old 06-22-2011
Question Command substitution in send/expect. Please help!

Hi, the following code is not working. How can I cat the last modified file in the path /asdf. Please help!
Code:
expect "asdf%" {send "cat `ls -rt /asdf|tail -1` \r"}


Last edited by thulasidharan2k; 06-22-2011 at 12:27 PM..
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Old 06-22-2011
is that / before tail supposed to be a |?
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Old 06-22-2011
Hi rn,
Yes, the / before tail is a |. Please help!
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