Hello,
I am doing a project which asks me to enter password 4 times in a row. I need to enter the same password 4 times. My target is to enter password once and apply it 4 times.
My friend told me to use "expect" command. Can you please give me a sample code to do so.

sample command :- $ ssh <user name>@<ip address>(like :ssh root@127.0.0.1)
enter <user name>'s password:

Could somebody plz tell me where the command "expect" is used. and wud appreciate if you can write a simple standalone script that uses this command. thanks

Hi:

Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications. While it's available on most Linux systems, you typically have to download it for other systems. Here's the expect home page:

expect.nist.gov

The most common example is automating the passwd command which is impossible from the shell:


# end script

An excellent book is Exploring Expect by Don Libes.