Automation Using Bash and Expect

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Discover process automation for Unix and Linux systems with Bash and Expect shell scripts. See how to create Expect scripts to automate inputs to another command or script; prompt for user input with the interact command; employ autoexpect; automate FTP and SCP sessions to transfer files; and use rsync and SSH for secure local and remote backups of files and directories. Use the Korn shell and the C shell and compare them to Bash.

Target Audience
System administrators, DevOPS, software developers, and users who may need to create scripts to automate processes in a Linux or Linux-like environment

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.1

Lesson Objectives

Automation Using Bash and Expect

start the course

create a script that can automate inputs to another command or script using expect

use the expect interact command to prompt the user for input in an automated script

work with autoexpect to create scripts and control advanced features of expect

automate an FTP session to transfer files

automate file transfers over SCP in an expect script

back up files or directories using rsync on a local system via an expect script

use rsync and ssh to transfer or back up files and directories between remote systems via an expect script

work with the Korn shell and identify some of its differences from Bash

use the C shell and identify the differences between the two shell environments

create scripts to automate processes and create backups on local and remote systems

Course Number:
os_doss_a04_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate