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Lispect
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- A text-terminal automation tool similar to [expect(1)] of UNIX and Linux
- It runs on Windows 10 and later, and Linux
- The script is written in the subset of [ISLisp] ([gmnlisp])
[expect(1)]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/expect
**example.lsp**
```example.lsp
(block main
(if (< (length args) 2)
(progn
(format (error-output) "Usage: ~A ~A HOSTNAME PASSWORD~%" $EXECUTABLE_NAME $PROGRAM_NAME)
(return-from main nil)
)
)
(defglobal host (car args))
(defglobal password (cadr args))
(spawn "ssh" host)
(expect*
("[fingerprint])?"
(sendln "yes")
(expect "password: ")
(sendln password)
)
("password: "
(sendln password)
)
("Connection refused"
(return-from main nil)
)
(30
(format (error-output) "TIME OUT~%")
(return-from main nil)
)
)
(expect "$ ")
(sendln "echo YOU CAN CALL SOME COMMAND HERE")
(expect "$ ")
(sendln "exit")
)
```
### Functions and variables
Parameters enclosed in curly braces {...} are optional and can be omitted.
- `(send {'interval MS} "STRING")`
- Send STRING to the terminal
- Specify the `'interval MS` option to make the program wait MS milliseconds before outputting each character
- `(sendln {'interval MS} "STRING")`
- send STRING and Enter-key to the terminal
- `(expect {'timeout SEC} "STRING-0" "STRING-1" ...)`
- Wait until STRINGs are found on the terminal
- When STRING-n is found on the terminal, it will return n
- If a timeout occurs after SEC seconds have elapsed, it returns -1
- `(expect* ("STRING-0" COMMANDS-0...) ("STRING-1"...)... (SEC COMMANDS-FOR-TIMEOUT...))`
- When STRING-n is found on the terminal, COMMANDS-n will be executed
- After SEC seconds have elapsed, COMMANDS-FOR-TIMEOUT will be executed
- `(spawn "COMMANDNAME" "ARG-1" ...)`
- Start the executable file
- `args`
- The list of command line arguments
- `$PROGRAM_NAME`
- The path of the script
- `$EXECUTABLE_NAME`
- The path of the executable of lispect
Other functions are defined on [ISLisp]
### Comparison with [Expect-lua] and [expect(1)]
| | [Expect-lua] | Lispect |[expect(1)]
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------
| Started | 2017 | 2024 | 1990?
| Script | Lua ([GophaLua]) | ISLisp ([gmnlisp]) | tcl
| Windows 7/8 | Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported
| Windows 10/11 | Supported | Supported | Not Supported
| Linux | Not Supported | Supported | Supported
| Mechanisms | [ReadConsoleOutputW] |[PseudoConsole]| PseudoConsole
| Read Misses | Possible[^1] | Unlikely | Never
| Stdout Redirection | Unavailable | Available | Available
| Status | Stable |Work in Progress| Stable
[^1]: When the output is too excessive, there might be some dropped data
[ReadConsoleOutputW]: https://github.com/hymkor/expect/issues/34
[PseudoConsole]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/creating-a-pseudoconsole-session
[Expect-lua]: https://github.com/hymkor/expect
### Technologies used
- [Creating a Pseudoconsole session - Windows Console | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/creating-a-pseudoconsole-session)
- [aymanbagabas/go-pty: Cross platform Go Pty interface](https://github.com/aymanbagabas/go-pty)
- [hymkor/gmnlisp: gmnlisp - the subset of ISLisp][gmnlisp]
[ISLisp]: http://islisp.org
[gmnlisp]: https://github.com/hymkor/gmnlisp
[GophaLua]: https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua