- Installing the Expect package and naming "unbuffer" this script:
#!/usr/bin/expect --
# Description: unbuffer stdout of a program
# Author: Don Libes, NIST
eval spawn -noecho $argv
set timeout -1
expect
- Installing the Expect package and naming "unbuffer" this other script:
#!/usr/bin/expect --
# Description: unbuffer stdout of a program
# Author: Don Libes, NIST
if {[string compare [lindex $argv 0] "-p"] == 0} {
# pipeline
set stty_init "-echo"
eval spawn -noecho [lrange $argv 1 end]
close_on_eof -i $user_spawn_id 0
interact {
eof {
# flush remaining output from child
expect -timeout 1 -re .+
return
}
}
} else {
set stty_init "-opost"
set timeout -1
eval spawn -noecho $argv
expect
}