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I used expect heavily at several clients in the past and have never seen someone else use it. I never used it as a precise tool, rather as a Sledgehammer. I thi
by geff82 10y ago
I used expect heavily at several clients in the past and have never seen someone else use it. I never used it as a precise tool, rather as a Sledgehammer. I think I remember I used Expect to script remote machines (expect was literally the "programmer") when everything else failed and was "prevented" due to policy. I guess my script was also non-compliant, but noone complained.
- ianmcgowan 10y agoI've done the same thing, and on the windows side of things AutoIT (https://www.autoitscript.com/ https://www.autoitscript.com/) is similarly flexible when all else fails. It's not pretty, but arguably is a good example of the hacker ethic.
- EvilTerran 10y agoFor Windows, I like AutoHotKey - IIRC, it started out as an open-source alternative to AutoIt, but has since grown a significant amount of functionality of its own: https://autohotkey.com/ https://autohotkey.com/