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Automates interactive applications

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.

Details for expect

License
  • Other Open Source

Last updated
  • 17 May 2017 - latest/stable
  • 17 May 2017 - latest/candidate

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