expect

Automates interactive applications

Command lineSystemShell prompts and helpers

Not tested on a device yet. What that means

expect in Breadstick

Breadstick runs Debian's own expect package for ARM64, the build a Debian 13 computer with an ARM processor installs, so expect should behave as it does on a Linux PC. It is a command line program rather than an app with a window of its own: you run it by typing its command in Breadstick's Terminal, or in any terminal window on the Linux desktop, and it needs no Desktop or Floating session running.

Commands in the package

  • expect
  • autoexpect
  • autopasswd
  • cryptdir
  • decryptdir
  • dislocate
  • expect_autoexpect
  • expect_autopasswd
  • expect_cryptdir
  • expect_decryptdir
  • expect_dislocate
  • expect_kibitz
  • expect_lpunlock
  • expect_mkpasswd
  • expect_multixterm
  • expect_passmass
  • expect_rftp
  • expect_rlogin-cwd
  • expect_timed-read
  • expect_timed-run
  • expect_tknewsbiff
  • expect_tkpasswd
  • expect_unbuffer
  • expect_weather
  • expect_xkibitz
  • expect_xpstat
  • kibitz
  • lpunlock
  • multixterm
  • passmass
  • rlogin-cwd
  • timed-read
  • timed-run
  • tknewsbiff
  • tkpasswd
  • unbuffer
  • xkibitz
  • xpstat

Type one in Breadstick's Terminal to run it.

Prompts and shell helpers load in the shell inside Breadstick's Terminal, as on any Linux system. A prompt that draws icons needs a terminal font that has them. More in the docs: The Terminal.

About expect

From Debian's package description

Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications according to a script. Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected from a program and what the correct response should be. Expect is also useful for testing these same applications. And by adding Tk, you can also wrap interactive applications in X11 GUIs. An interpreted language provides branching and high-level control structures to direct the dialogue. In addition, the user can take control and interact directly when desired, afterward returning control to the script.

This package contains the expect binary and several Expect based scripts.

From Debian's description of the expect package, under that package's license.

Related apps

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Sources and licenses

  • Name: the Debian package name.
  • Summary: Debian's short description of the expect package, under that package's license.
  • Description: Debian's description of the expect package, under that package's license.
  • Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
  • Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.

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