On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:56:18PM +1000, Toby Corkindale wrote:
On 16/05/13 12:34, Jason White wrote:
Toby Corkindale <toby.corkindale@strategicdata.com.au> wrote:
I just wondered.. are there any terminals*, plugins for terminals, or plugins for tmux, that will scan output and automatically send canned responses -- whilst still letting me interact normally the rest of the time?
And secondly -- are there any tools that will simply let me assign hotkeys or macros to be automatically typed upon being pressed?
Macro capabilities are usually provided by the application you're running, e.g., Emacs, Vi, Mutt, shell aliases, etc., so I would suggest looking first at what you're using and whether there are better tools for the task that provide the extensibility you need.
The thing is, I'm working on a lot of machines via shell; when I think of it in advance, I script things up in Fabric to be automated, but when I'm just working ad-hoc investigating something, I'd like to be able to automate some common commands. (Not so much shell commands, as commands entered into programs run from the shell)
If you ultimately do have to script terminal sessions, the only tool I know of is expect. Here's the Debian package description.
Thanks, however I'm aware of expect. It completely fails my requirement that the terminal remain completely interactive.
Huh? You can & off expect scripts - no need to tie up the terminal. Cheers ... Duncan. -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html