Expect within a Bash script

Question

I wrote a Bash script with Expect within, to connect to a terminal server and clear lines.

I am unable to figure out the error I am getting, as in I have given all th

Answer 1

@Chris: I incorporated the changes you suggested and my code is working now.

However, I had to make two more changes stated below:

1. The single quote which you mentioned prevents parameter substitution. For example, I cannot write $IP in place of 1.1.1.1. Hence, to get around this, I removed the single quotes and replaced with double quotes. As you mentioned nested doubles quotes are not interpreted by Bash which is true. Hence I rewrote the inside double quotes as

    send \"password1\r\"
   

   That is adding backslashes before the double quotes inside. This corrects the problem of parameter substitution.

2. Even after I put two/three actions within a single expect command, as they run in parallel I still faced issues. So taking your suggestion, I put each of the action in a separate Expect command. Something like:

    expect {
        Prompt>          { send "en\r"; exp_continue }
    }
    expect  {
        Password:        { send "password2\r" }
    }