How to pass variables from a shell script to an expect script?

Question

I\'ve shell script as below:

#!/bin/bash

echo \"Select the Gateway Server:\"
echo \"   1. Gateway 1\"
echo \"   2. Gateway 2\"
echo \"   3. Gateway 3\"

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Answer 1

From your shell script:

/mypath/abc $gateway

From your expect script:

#!/usr/bin/expect

set gateway [lindex $argv 0]; # Grab the first command line parameter

set timeout 3
spawn ssh "james@$gateway"
expect "password:"
send "TSfdsHhtfs\r";
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