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Old 02-25-2008
Expect Terminal Macros
Hey people!

I just started out working at an ISP as tech support and thought that I should ease the work load by scripting some small macros.

I create different commands with Alias through .bashrc which are all directed to the same script file. Here I planned on using Expect to run different input macros. Problem i came across though is that I can't set a varible to the command i ran to execute the script file.

So i .bashrc i have written
alias command2="~/scirpt.file"

and in script.file i have made the different rules for each command.

An easy solution to the problem would be to create one script file for each command, but that isn't as neat, easpesially not if I want to distribute the script to my collegues.

What i need in script.file is a line that sets a variable to the command that I have inputed so i can create an if-statement for which action that should be taken.

so if i have the terminal like this.

ghettofish@server:~$ command2

then i should go to script.file and have a statement that does the following.

set input_command [code to retrive command that executed the script.file]

Then later i could create an if-statement that would be something like
if ($input_command == "command2") blah blah

Anyone got any ideas?
Hope someone could help me out with this.
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ansi_cmacros

term::ansi::code::macros(n)					 Terminal control				       term::ansi::code::macros(n)

_________________________________________________________________

NAME

       term::ansi::code::macros - Macro sequences

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require textutil::repeat

       package require textutil::tabify

       package require term::ansi::code::macros  ?0.1?

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::names

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::import ?ns? ?arg...?

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::menu menu

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::frame string

_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       This package provides higher level control sequences for more complex shapes.

API

   INTROSPECTION
       ::term::ansi::code::macros::names
	      This command is for introspection. It returns as its result a list containing the names of all attribute commands.

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::import ?ns? ?arg...?
	      This  command  imports some or all attribute commands into the namespace ns. This is by default the namespace macros. Note that this
	      is relative namespace name, placing the imported command into a child  of  the  current  namespace.  By  default	all  commands  are
	      imported, this can howver be restricted by listing the names of the wanted commands after the namespace argument.

   SEQUENCES
       ::term::ansi::code::macros::menu menu
	      The  description	of  a  menu  is converted into a formatted rectangular block of text, with the menu command characters highlighted
	      using bold red text.  The result is returned as the result of the command.

	      The description, menu, is a dictionary mapping from menu label to command character.

       ::term::ansi::code::macros::frame string
	      The paragraph of text contained in the string is padded with spaces at the right margin, after normalizing internal tabs,  and  then
	      put into a frame made of box-graphics. The result is returned as the result of the command.

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
       This  document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems.	Please report such in the category term of
       the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you  may  have  for
       either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       ansi, control, frame, menu, terminal

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2006 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>

term									0.1					       term::ansi::code::macros(n)