What is 'expect'

[Randal Schwartz]

In article <~|&^%V&@rpi.edu>, wrf at mab (Wm Randolph Franklin) writes:
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| The interactive shell 'expect' looks useful according to the long shell
| summary.  What is it and where would I get it?  Thanks.

Don Libes' 'expect' package comes from durer.cme.nist.gov near
pub/expect.shar.Z.

A Perl version with similar interfaces and the same functionality is
in the works (if you're not interested in learning TCL, but already
have some Perl experience)... see comp.lang.perl for details.

Just another Perl hacker,
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