expect: Curing Those Uncontrollable Fits of Interaction

@inproceedings{citeulike:2883520, 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...}, author = {Libes, Don }, citeulike-article-id = {2883520}, keywords = {automation, cli}, month = {Summer}, pages = {183--192}, posted-at = {2008-06-11 19:16:46}, priority = {2}, title = {expect: Curing Those Uncontrollable Fits of Interaction}, url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/libes90expect.html}, year = {1990} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2883520 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2883520 TI - expect: Curing Those Uncontrollable Fits of Interaction SP - 183 EP - 192 N2 - 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... KW - automation KW - cli AU - Libes, Don PY - 1990/Summer// UR - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/libes90expect.html ER -