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I am new at developing EXPECT scripts. I'm trying to create a script that will automatically connect to a UNIX server via FTP and download a log file from the server within a specified server directory on the remote machine. I'm having problems with the EXPECT script "hanging" at the password prompt. Any help would be appreciated to get this issue resolved. Below is the code snippet and the actual results that are shown when executing this Expect script within a Bash file. Please take into consideration that I can't provide the exact server name in the code snippet.

Code:

set tgtHostLong [lindex $argv 1]
set ftpUser [lindex $argv 2]
set password [lindex $argv 3]
set timeout -1
spawn ftp $tgtHostLong
match_max 100000
expect -exact "User ($tgtHostLongSmilienone)):"
send -- "$ftpUser\r"
expect -exact "Password: "
send -- "$password\r"
expect -exact "ftp> "

Actual Result:

spawn ftp xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.com
User (xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.comSmilienone)): m25047
Password:
 
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INSTALLSIEVE(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   INSTALLSIEVE(1)

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NAME

       installsieve - user utility for managing sieve scripts

SYNOPSIS

       installsieve

DESCRIPTION

       installsieve is a utility that allows users to manage their sieve scripts kept on the server.

OPTIONS

       -v <name> View script with the given name. The script if retrieved sucessfully is output to standard output.

       -l  List  all  of  the scripts currently on the server. If one of the scripts is active a arrow is printed indicating that it is the active
       script.

       -p <port> Port to connect to. If left off this defaults to "sieve" as defined in /etc/services.

       -i <file> Install a file onto the server. If a script with the same name already exists on the server it is overwritten.  Upon  sucessfully
       putting	the  script on the server the script is set active. If <file> has the extension .script it is chopped when put on the server since
       sieve names may not contain a '.'.

       -a <name> Set <name> as the active script. The list of available names can be obtained from the '-l' option..

       -d <name> Delete the sieve script on the server with <name>.

       -m <mechanism> Force installsieve to use <mechanism> for authentication. If not specified the strongest authentication mechanism is chosen.

       -g <name> Get the sieve script with <name> and save it to disk with a ".script" extension. If a file with that name already  exists  it	is
       overwritten.

       -u <user> Userid/Authname to use for authentication; by default, the current user.

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