Regards,

Brandon

I expanded on your original script, to add an optional command line arg for the device identifier (r1, sw1, etc), and to read files for the values that change with each rack rental. The command line arg lets you use one expect script for all devices. Using the file system to store some values allows them to be updated easily from the command line without bothering with an editor: “echo foo >file”

This all works fine with both iTerm and Terminal.app. In Terminal.app just set the shell startup command and “Window > Save Windows as Group…” You can save individual terminal settings with “Shell > Export Settings…” but that’s much slower to startup (a couple of minutes vs a few seconds).

!/usr/bin/expect –

#

usage: ine [device]

where device is r1, r2, etc

#

2009-01-19 Michael Rose mikerose@gmail.com

Based on a script by Brandon Carroll

gets [open $env(HOME)/INE_PASS] pass gets [open $env(HOME)/INE_RACK] rack

set device [lindex $argv 0] set user “scrack$rack$device”

spawn telnet racks.internetworkexpert.com expect “Username:” send “$user\r” expect “Password:” send “$pass\r” puts “\r” sleep 2 send “\r” interact;