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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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checknr

CHECKNR(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						CHECKNR(1)

NAME

     checknr -- check nroff/troff files

SYNOPSIS

     checknr [-fs] [-a.x1.y1.x2.y2. ... .xn.yn] [-c.x1.x2.x3 ... .xn] file

DESCRIPTION

     checknr checks a list of nroff(1) or troff(1) input files for certain kinds of errors involving mismatched opening and closing delimiters and
     unknown commands.	If no files are specified, checknr checks the standard input.

     Recognized options are:
	   -a	Add additional pairs of macros to the list of known macros.  This must be followed by groups of six characters, each group defin-
		ing a pair of macros.  The six characters are a period, the first macro name, another period, and the second macro name.  For
		example, to define a pair .BS and .ES, use '-a.BS.ES'.
	   -c	Define commands which would otherwise be complained about as undefined.
	   -f	Request checknr to ignore 'f' font changes.
	   -s	Ignore 's' size changes.

     Delimiters checked are:
	   1.	Font changes using fx ... fP.
	   2.	Size changes using sx ... s0.
	   3.	Macros that come in open ... close forms, for example, the .TS and .TE macros which must always come in pairs.

     checknr is intended for use on documents that are prepared with checknr in mind, much the same as lint(1).  It expects a certain document
     writing style for 'f' and 's' commands, in that each 'fx' must be terminated with 'fP' and each 'sx' must be terminated with 's0'.
     While it will work to directly go into the next font or explicitly specify the original font or point size, and many existing documents actu-
     ally do this, such a practice will produce complaints from checknr.  Since it is probably better to use the 'fP' and 's0' forms anyway, you
     should think of this as a contribution to your document preparation style.

     checknr knows about the ms(7) and me(7) macro packages, as well as the macros from mdoc(7).

DIAGNOSTICS

     Complaints about unmatched delimiters.  Complaints about unrecognized commands.  Various complaints about the syntax of commands.

SEE ALSO

     nroff(1), troff(1), mdoc(7), me(7), ms(7)

HISTORY

     The checknr command appeared in 4.0BSD.  Basic mdoc(7) support appeared in NetBSD 1.6.

BUGS

     There is no way to define a 1 character macro name using -a.

     Does not correctly recognize certain reasonable constructs, such as conditionals.

     mdoc(7) macros that are not at the beginning of the line are not recognized.  Among others, this results in too many 'Unmatched Zz' errors.

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