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Ouch Those Programs are Painful

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Author(s)

Don E. Libes

Abstract

Expect is a program to control interactive applications. These applications interactively prompt and expect auser to enter keystrokes in response. By using Expect, you can write simple scripts to automate theseinteractions. And using automated interactive programs, you will be able to solve problems that you neverwould have even considered before. In this article Don Libes, the author of Expect, gives a quick overview ofsome of the things you can do.
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Keywords

expect, interaction, programmed dialogue, shell, Tcl, UNIX

Citation

Libes, D. (1995), Ouch Those Programs are Painful, , , [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821289 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created October 1, 1995, Updated February 17, 2017
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