On 16/05/13 12:34, Jason White wrote: > Toby Corkindale <[email protected]> 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. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
