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Old 03-18-2013
Using spawn and expect getting error
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
#
set -x
stty -echo;
read -p "Input password:" A;
stty echo;
echo;
for HOST in `cat elc.hosts.list`
do
#
echo "Connecting to $HOST"
expect -c "set timeout -1;\
spawn sshr $HOST -l root \"mkdir /perfstat;\";\
match_max 100000;\
expect *'/root/.ssh/id_dsa':*;\
send -- $A\r;\
interact;"
echo "Finished job on $HOST"

done

error:
Code:
+ expect -c 'set timeout -1;spawn sshr host01 -l root "mkdir /perfstat;";match_max 100000;#expect *'\''/root/.ssh/id_dsa'\'':*;expect *'\''/root/.ssh/id_dsa'\''*;send -- password\r;interact;'
spawn sshr host01 -l root mkdir /perfstat;
couldn't execute "": no such file or directory

while executing
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-18-2013 at 07:57 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 2  
Old 03-26-2013
Try running it under strace/tusc/truss to see where that is coming from.
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