I am trying to create a script, which will automatically log me into router. I have created the following script but I cannot get it to work. Here is the script. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #!/opt/local/bin/expect log_user 1 set rtr $argv set login_id "username" set pswd "password" #append rtr ".ip" spawn telnet $rtr expect { " login:" { send "$login_id\r" } "Username:" { send "$login_id\r" } "login:" { send "$login_id\r" } "RETURN" { send "\r\r" } } expect "assword:" { send "$pswd\r" } interact ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have named the file, router. I also issued chmod u+x router to make it executable. Can anyone tell me if there is another step that I am missing or if there is something wrong with the script. Thanks Asad

Turn on the verbose mode. I'll have a better answer for you in the a.m. It looks like your send, expect section is incorrect. Try running 'autoexpect' as a macro recorder then doing manually all the steps you want to repeat. It will show you what it needs to do.

Here is a working code snippet. BTW 'send "\x1d\x0d"' is the same as cntrl - ]. while { $n < 5 } { spawn "/bin/sh" send "telnet $LOCALHOST\r" sleep 1 expect "ogin" send "$username\r" expect "Password" send "$password\r" send "\r\r" "Welcome" { incr pass0 set n 5 set p 0 close } "from" { send "id\r" expect { $username { incr pass0 set n 5 close } } } "login: $" { set pass1 0 puts stdout "Expect return: $expect_out(0,string)" puts stdout "Failed login" send "\x1d\x0d" expect "telnet" send "close\r" send "quit\r" close } } incr n }