[Simh] UNS: scripting simh

Brad Parker brad at heeltoe.com
Mon Oct 18 14:47:35 EDT 2010


I have not done this, but I have wanted to...

Have you tried using "expect"?

-brad

On Oct 18, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Tim Newsham wrote:

> Hi,
>   slightly unusual task -- I'm interested in scripting a
> simh session where I send input to simh's guest as well
> as occasionally to simh itself (ie. ^E followed by some commands).
> (My primary target is simh running in unix).
> I tried the obvious -- sending data to simh over a pipe
> connected to its stdin, but it does not seem to work well.
> I even tried slowing down the input stream ... no luck
> even with very simple tasks (ie. enter "unix" at the "@"
> prompt, then enter "root" at the "login:" prompt).
> 
> Has anyone done anything like this?  Any recommendations?
> 
> Tim Newsham | www.thenewsh.com/~newsham | thenewsh.blogspot.com
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Brad Parker
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