Sending content of a file in Expect

Question

How Can I send the content of a file in Expect? Do I have to use cat command in a way? if yes how? lets say my file is called 1.txt.

example:

expect "Enter command to send:" {send "???? \r"} ???? --> content of the file 1.txt.

do you want to *send* the file or *receive* it? – glenn jackman May 18 '12 at 17:19 — glenn jackman, May 18 '12 at 17:19

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '12 at 16:16

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expect is just a tcl script app so you can do anything you can do in tcl, such as

send [cat 1.txt]

you can also open the file and read and write its content with tcl.

answered May 18 '12 at 16:16

johnshen64

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Doesn't work for me with expect version 5.45 on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. I get `invalid command name "cat"`. – Adam Monsen Mar 12 '15 at 18:51
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You can use instead: send [exec cat 1.txt] – Lilás Mar 03 '17 at 17:38

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