Re: Expect Scripting

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Albert,

Did why don't you try to delimit the dollar signs, '$',
with a backslash...

send "\$password\$\r"

73 de Steve
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Albert Duane Lawson wrote:
>
> Thanks for reading....
>
> I am setting up an ftp script using expect. I've ran into a problem sending
> the password.
>
> Here's the part of the script that expect is having trouble with.....
>
> spawn ftp -nv XX.XX.XX.XX
> expect ftp>
> send "user wb7awl\r"
> expect Password:
> send "$xxxxxx$\r"
> expect ftp>
>
> The actual password begins and ends with $ and expect is trying to read that
> as a variable. Is there a way to make expect not read that as varibale and
> send the actual string....???
>
> Any help would be appreciated.....
>
> 73's
>
> Albert/WB7AWL
>

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