Expect command with with bash, faild to run it.

[meirh]

Hello

I’m trying to write script that doing login to HP Switch and then automatic update the Firmware.
My problem was when the switch uploaded the Firmware from the TFTP server, Expect always jumping to the other line and cannot wait for the upload to be done.
I resolve it with “interact -o nobuffer” , its works ok, but now I want to be able to mix it with bash script, so the user will write the ip of the switch the with “read” I will put it in variable $ , the will do telnet to $ip.

This is the original script

#!/usr/bin/expect

set prompt ">|#|\\\$"

spawn telnet "10.0.0.50"
expect "Username:"
send "root\r";
expect "Password:"
send "xxxxx\r";
interact -o -nobuffer -re $prompt return
send "configure\r";

interact -o -nobuffer -re $prompt return
send "copy tftp flash 10.0.0.2 Y_11_35.swi\r\y";

interact -o -nobuffer -re $prompt return
send "wr me\r";

interact -o -nobuffer -re $prompt return
send "reload\r";
expect "#";
send "reload\r\y";

exit

this script working fine, but now I want to do something like that and I got error messages:


#!/bin/bash

echo "enter switch IP"
read ip

/usr/bin/expect -d <<EOF
set prompt ">|#|\\\$"
spawn telnet "$ip"
expect "Username:"
send "root\r";
expect "Password:"
send "XXXXX\r";
expect "#";
send "configure\r";

expect $prompt
send "copy tftp flash 10.0.0.2 Y_11_35.swi\r\y";

interact -o -nobuffer -re $prompt return
send "wr me\r";

interact -o -nobuffer -re $prompt return
send "reload\r";
expect "#";
send "reload\r\y";
EOF
exit



And this is the error message:

expect: timed out
send: sending "copy tftp flash 10.0.0.2 Y_11_35.swi\ry" to { exp6 }
defining key return, action interpreter
interact: received eof from spawn_id exp0
write() failed to write anything - will sleep(1) and retry...
send: sending "wr me\r" to { exp6 }
defining key return, action interpreter
interact: spawn id exp0 not open
while executing
"interact -o -nobuffer -re return"
write() failed to write anything - will sleep(1) and retry...


from some reason, when there is #!/bin/bash on the header instead of #!/usr/bin/expect
the script canot recognize the "interact no buffer" command.

Do you have any suggestion?

Thanks a lot!

[atreyu]

try getting the password from user input "natively" within Expect. try variations on the first two answers at this Stackoverflow thread.