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How to Avoid Learning Expect or Automating Automating Interactive Programs  (Make Corrections)  
Don Libes



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Abstract: : Expect is a tool for automating interactive programs. Expect is controlled by writing Tcl scripts, traditionally a manual process. This paper describes Autoexpect -- a tool that generates Expect scripts automatically by watching actual interactions and then writing the appropriate script. Using Autoexpect, it is possible to create Expect scripts without writing any actual Expect statements and without any knowledge of Expect. Keywords: Autoexpect; Expect; interaction automation; Tcl... (Update)

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@inproceedings{ libes96how,
    author = "Don Libes",
    title = "How to Avoid Learning Expect -or- Automating Automating Interactive Programs",
    month = "29-- 4",
    pages = "67--71",
    year = "1996",
    url = "citeseer.ist.psu.edu/289790.html" }
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