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Old 08-16-2012
TCL expect out string with multiple lines
Hello,

I will be sending this command to a specific COMID:
Code:
exp_send-i  $COMID "fdisk -l | grep Disk | awk '{print $2}'"

The command will produce this output:
Code:
/dev/sda
/dev/sdb
etc..

the problem is how do I store the output in a variable in TCL,

I am currently using this to grab the text:
Code:
expect -i $COMID -re "(\[A-Za-z]+)" {
    set disks $expect_out(1,string)
}
puts "disks = $disks"

but I can only get 1 string from the command; output is like this:
Code:
"disks = fdisk"

thanks!!

---------- Post updated Aug 16th, 2012 at 01:32 PM ---------- Previous update was Aug 15th, 2012 at 01:44 PM ----------

no reply? Smilie

---------- Post updated Aug 17th, 2012 at 09:12 AM ---------- Previous update was Aug 16th, 2012 at 01:32 PM ----------

anyone?
Last edited by Franklin52; 08-15-2012 at 04:17 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 2  
Old 08-16-2012
Try something like this:

Code:
send "fdisk -l | grep Disk | awk '{print \$2}'; echo NOW_DONE\r"
expect -r ".*echo NOW_DONE\r\n(.*)\nNOW_DONE" {
        set disks $expect_out(1,string)
}
puts "disks = $disks"

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