On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 11:28:55 +1100 Adam Carter <[email protected]>
wrote about [gentoo-user] OT expect script question:
> expect {
> "string1" { <actions1> }
> "string2" { <actions2> }
> "*" { <actions3> }
> }
From
<https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/exploring-expect/9781565920903/ch04.html>
---
expect *
Here the * matches anything. This is like saying, ?I don?t care what?s in
the input. Throw it away.? This pattern always matches, even if nothing is
there. Remember that * matches anything, and the empty string is anything!
As a corollary of this behavior, this command always returns immediately.
It never waits for new data to arrive. It does not have to since it
matches everything.
---
Could it be that it just matches empty without waiting for anything?
cu
Gerrit
