Is it possible (first) and not to hard (second) to run a telnet session to
a host and have the i/o come from a script? Something like
minicom -s <file>.

Thanks.

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"Mark A. Odell" <nospam@embeddedfw.com> writes:
quote:

> Is it possible (first) and not to hard (second) to run a telnet session to
> a host and have the i/o come from a script? Something like
> minicom -s <file>.


Expect is often used to automate interactive sessions.

http://expect.nist.gov/

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In article <m1brq328nu.gnus@usa.net>,
those who know me have no need of my name wrote:
: in comp.unix.programmer i read:
:>"Mark A. Odell" <nospam@embeddedfw.com> writes:
:
:>> Is it possible (first) and not to hard (second) to run a telnet session
:>> to a host and have the i/o come from a script?
:
:>Expect is often used to automate interactive sessions.
:
: also an alternative client may be useful, e.g., kermit.
:
See:

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html    C-Kermit for Unix
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckututor.html   C-Kermit/Unix tutorial
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html  C-Kermit scripts

(see, especially, the "autotelnet" script).

- Frank

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