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# 1  
Old 01-13-2013
Expect Script - Pattern Matching Trouble
I am still learning expect, For the below script I always get This is True as the answer. Tried to debug and does not make sense to me. Not sure, where I am doing the mistake. Need Help! - Thanks

Code:
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set timeout 10
spawn -noecho bash
expect { *$* }
send "test -d /home/ron/pectd/ && export PS1=\"True>\" || export PS1=\"False>\"\r" 
send "\n"


expect { 
    -exact "True>" {
            send_user "This is True\n"
        }
    -exact "False>" {
           send_user "This is False\n"
        }
    timeout {
            send_user "Something is wrong \n"
            exit 1
        }
}

# 2  
Old 01-14-2013
Try this to determine if directory exists:
Code:
if {[file exists "/home/ron/pectd/"] == 1} {
  puts "DIR exists!";
} else {
  puts "DIR does NOT exist!";
}

You're not going to be able to modify the caller's shell because it's in a different process context. When child processes inherit your shell's variables, they're inheriting copies themselves.
# 3  
Old 01-14-2013
Thanks for the reply. Was wondering whether this will work if I need to check the directory on multiple machines by ssh'ing to each one.
# 4  
Old 01-15-2013
Not sure what you're trying to accomplish, but you don't need 'expect/tcl' to check if directory exists on remote, Try this:
Code:
ssh user@host test -d /home && echo exists

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