This is probably good advice. In the past I think I've made expect work, but I've wasted enough time on it now that I could have just written some code to do it.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Craig Sanders via luv-main < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:29:46AM +1000, cory seligman wrote: > > I'm having some trouble making expect work. > > expect itself is a complete PITA. IMO you are better off using one of the > expect-like modules for a general purpose programming language like perl > or python. > > Also IMO, the time and effort you put into learning expect are better used > learning a general purpose language - expect has only one use which you'll > probably only need a few times in a decade at most, while perl or python or > whatever has any number of uses. > > The only reason to use expect is because a) you are already an expert in > it, > or b) you like tcl. Everyone else should use their favourite programming > language. > > > Perl has several to choose from - the most generic is Expect.pm[1]. > There's > also application-specific ones like Device::SerialPort[2]. or for specific > network protocols with, e.g., Net::SSH[3] and Net::Telnet[4]. > > Device::SerialPort has some basic expect-like functionality built in (e.g. > the > "lookfor" method), or can be used with Expect.pm. > > Python has Pexpect[5] > > google for "yourlanguage expect" for other languages. > > > [1] https://metacpan.org/release/RGIERSIG/Expect-1.21 > [2] https://metacpan.org/pod/Device::SerialPort > [3] https://metacpan.org/release/Net-SSH > [4] https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Telnet > [5] http://www.noah.org/wiki/Pexpect > > craig > > ps: i used to know expect. I gave it up about 20 years ago when I first > discovered Net::Telnet and now use perl now whenever i need to do that > sort of > thing. > > -- > craig sanders <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main >
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