Shell Programming and Scripting

Can you try the following. Edit your expect script and remove #!/usr/bin line, not sure what it is doing in your expect script and change #!/usr/bin/expect to #!/usr/bin/expect -f

See if that makes any difference.

And from your control script, instead of calling it like sh ./<expectscript> ipaddr, call it like this:

/usr/bin/expect <expectscript> ipaddr

Something like this:

Code:

/usr/bin/expect /pathtoyouscript/list-int $ipadd

OK, first change didn't accomplish anything.
Second change, calling via /usr/bin/expect<expectscript> ipadd, with trace running outputs:

Code:

~/Scripts$ ./get-int
+ read ipadd
+ echo 10.33.220.12
10.33.220.12
+ export ipadd
+ /usr/bin/expect list-int 10.33.220.12
can't read "1": no such variable
    while executing
"set device $1"
    (file "list-int" line 6)

So changing the method of calling the script has stopped the argument being passed by the looks of it...

One more change, in your expect script change your set device $1 to

Code:

set device [lindex $argv 0]

Keep all the other change from above intact.

Your are star, that's solved it. obviously i need more research on passing arguments !!

Many thanks again, superb...

Glad I could be of some help. Have fun with expect, it is a great tool.

Best Regards to you...Thank You.