How to use expect in Bash script

Question

I am trying to write a script that pulls the latest version of my software from a git repo and updates the config files. When pulling from the repo though, i have to enter a password. I want the script to automate everything, so I need it to automatically fill it in for me. I found this site that explained how to use "expect" to look for the password prompt and send the password. I can't get it to work though. Here's my script:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set password [lrange $argv 0 0]
set timeout -1

clear
echo "Updating Source..."
cd sourcedest
git pull -f origin master

match_max 100000
# Look for passwod prompt
expect "*?assword:*"
# Send password aka $password
send -- "$password\r"
# send blank line (\r) to make sure we get back to gui
send -- "\r"
expect eof

git checkout -f master
cp Config/database.php.bak Config/database.php
cp webroot/index.php.bak webroot/index.php
cp webroot/js/config.js.bak webroot/js/config.js

What am I doing wrong? here's the site I got it from: http://bash.cyberciti.biz/security/expect-ssh-login-script/

Answer 1

This is pretty much taken from the comments, with a few observations of my own. But nobody seems to want to provide a real answer to this, so here goes:

Your problem is you have an expect script and you're treating it like a bash script. Expect doesn't know what cd, cp, and git mean. Bash does. What you want is a bash script that makes a call to expect. For example:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

password="$1"
sourcedest="path/to/sourcedest"
cd $sourcedest

echo "Updating Source..."
expect <<- DONE
  set timeout -1

  spawn git pull -f origin master
  match_max 100000

  # Look for passwod prompt
  expect "*?assword:*"
  # Send password aka $password
  send -- "$password\r"
  # send blank line (\r) to make sure we get back to gui
  send -- "\r"
  expect eof
DONE

git checkout -f master
cp Config/database.php.bak Config/database.php
cp webroot/index.php.bak webroot/index.php
cp webroot/js/config.js.bak webroot/js/config.js

However, as larsks pointed out in the comments, you might be better off using ssh keys. Then you could get rid of the expect call altogether.