expect: Curing those uncontrollable fits of interaction (1990) [34 citations — 7 self]
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Libes90expect:curing,author = {Don Libes},
title = {expect: Curing those uncontrollable fits of interaction},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Summer 1990 USENIX Conference},
year = {1990},
pages = {183--192},
publisher = {Usenix Association}
}
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Abstract:
UNIX programs used to be designed so that they could be connected with pipes created by a shell. This paradigm is insufficient when dealing with many modern programs that demand to be used interactively. expect is a program designed to control interactive programs. expect reads a script that resembles the dialogue itself but which may include multiple paths through it. Scripts include:. send/expect sequences- expect patterns can include regular expressions.. high-level language- Control flow (if/then/else, while, etc.) allows different actions on different inputs, along with procedure definition, built-in expression evaluation, and execution of arbitrary UNIX programs.. job control- Multiple programs can be controlled at the same time.. user interaction- Control can be passed from scripted to interactive mode and vice versa at any time. The user can also be treated as an I/O source/sink. expect successfully deals with interactive programs. It also solves several other large classes of problems which UNIX shells do not.
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