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Dor
Dor

Reputation: 7504

Interacting with an existing terminal using Expect

Is it possible to interact with an already existing terminal using Expect?

Usually a process/terminal is launched via the Expect script, but I want to interact with a terminal that was opened not by the Expect script.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 127

Answers (1)

thelogix
thelogix

Reputation: 610

Not without using other tools, like "screen", and attaching to the other shell.

An example of this:

$ screen bash

Now you could, from another teminal, attach to the same shell and do stuff, using this:

$ screen -x

So i guess your Expect could do the same, issuing "screen -x" and then doing stuff on the shell.

Upvotes: 2

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