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Reputation: 1704

Very simple expect script but does not work

I've been trying to automatically decrypt encrypted Ansible yaml files. I know you can just set the ansible.cfg with

vault_password_file = ~/.vault_pass.txt

But well, I was curious. Turns out I'm unable to do a simple task. Here is the dumb script

#!/usr/bin/expect
set timeout 9
set file [lindex $argv 0]
spawn ansible-vault decrypt $file
expect "Vault password:"
send "MyAwesomePassword\r"

Then I use the script as

ansible-vault decrypt vars-mysql-config.yml

Output is

spawn ansible-vault decrypt /Users/ruben/ansible/vars/vars-mysql-config.yml
Vault password: %

No success. I know this is a stupid question but is so simple and I feel so stuck that I thought I forgot something.

Any ideas? thanks for reading!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 209

Answers (1)

Rishabh Agarwal
Rishabh Agarwal

Reputation: 2172

Try this:

#!/usr/bin/expect
set timeout 9
set file [lindex $argv 0]
spawn ansible-vault decrypt $file
expect "Vault password: "
send "MyAwesomePassword\r" 
interact

I have added a space in expect command and added interact command in end.

Upvotes: 1

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