Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/usr/bin/expect

#   get parameters from command arguments
set host [lindex $argv 0]
set user [lindex $argv 1]
set password [lindex $argv 2]

#   set remote host shell prompt to correct value
set shell_prompt "~]# "

#   spawn ssh session to host
spawn ssh $user@$host

expect {
          "assword:" {
             send -s "$password\r"
             #the expect command will now return
          }
}

expect {
        "$shell_prompt"
}

sleep 1
send -s -- "YOUR COMMAND HERE\r"

expect {
        "$shell_prompt"
}

#   close connection to remote host
send -s -- "exit\r"
send -s -- "\r"

#   end of expect script
exit 0

$ ./myscript.expect remotehost remoteuser remotepassword