https://github.com/clarkwang/sexpect

Expect for Shells
https://github.com/clarkwang/sexpect

automation bash expect pty shell tty

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Expect for Shells

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/clarkwang/sexpect
• Owner: clarkwang
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-04-20T14:20:38.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-21T10:51:49.000Z (almost 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-23T23:37:11.574Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: automation, bash, expect, pty, shell, tty
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 208 KB
• Stars: 119
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 15
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# What's `sexpect`

`sexpect` is another implementation of [`Expect`][expect] which is

specifically designed for *Shell* scripts (sh, bash, ksh, zsh, ...).

`sexpect` is designed in the client/server model.

`sexpect spawn PROGRAM [option]..` starts the _server_ (running as a daemon)

and runs the specified _PROGRAM_ in background.

Other `sexpect` sub-commands (`send`, `expect`, `wait`, ...) communicate to the

server as _client_ commands.

# How to build

Sexpect uses [CMake](https://cmake.org/) for building.

    $ cd /path/to/cloned/sexpect/

    $ mkdir build

    $ cd build

    $ cmake ..

    $ make

    $ make install

    

By default it will install to `/usr/local/` and `sexpect` will be installed to `/usr/local/bin/`. To change the installation location, run `cmake` like this:

    $ cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/sexpect  ..

## Supported platforms                                                                

                                                                                      

Tested on:                                                                            

                                                                                      

* OpenWRT 15.05.1, ramips/mt7620 (on [Newifi Mini, or Lenovo Y1 v1][newifi])

* Debian Linux 9 (Stretch)                                                            

* macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)                                                           

* FreeBSD 11.1                                                                        

* Cygwin on Windows 10

  [newifi]: https://openwrt.org/toh/lenovo/lenovo_y1_v1

    

# Manual

See [doc/sexpect.adoc](doc/sexpect.adoc).

    

# Examples

See the [examples/](examples/) dir.

[expect]:    https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/expect

[expect.pm]: http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Expect

[pexpect]:   https://pexpect.readthedocs.io/