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		AstroJetson on July 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automatio... Why do I think that writing a script in Expect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect) would take as long as doing this and then you would be done?

moonbug on July 22, 2019 | [–]

..because you've never tried using expect in anger?

AstroJetson on July 23, 2019 | | [–]

Nope, I like Expect, it's my friend and I'm able to make scripts with it. So, no anger.

yellowapple on July 24, 2019 | [–]

Or, of course, one of the numerous Expect-like tools for other languages/ecosystems, if that's more one's cup of tea.

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