Expect and ls -l *.sh

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I get this error

ls: cannot access *.sh: No such file or directory
while executing
"exec ls -l *.sh"
invoked from within
"set MYLIST [exec ls -l *.sh]"
(file "./myls.sh" line 2)

my code for myls.sh

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set MYLIST [exec ls -l *.sh]
puts "$MYLIST"
exit

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www:linuxquestions:org/questions/programming-9/expect-and-ls-l-.sh-729020/

This works:

set MYLIST [eval exec ls -l [glob *.sh]]

The eval expresion is needed to flatten the list produced by glob (so it is explained). If the list is not flattened, the argument passed to ls is ONE file name, with spaces in it, e.g. "file1.sh file2.sh" instead of "file1.sh" "file2.sh". It doesn't ring a bell why eval makes that work right, but it does. As a matter of fact it is a textbook example to use eval here: wiki:tcl:tk/1017

Also, study this page thoroughly:
www:tcl:tk/man/tcl8.5/tutorial/Tcl26.html

jlinkels