in reply to Expect question
Ignore me if it won't work for you, but something to consider: If you used pre-positioned ssh keys to authenticate instead of passwords, all your problems described here would just go away. Additionally you won't have to retool your Expect machinations when you hit a different server that acts a bit differently. There are many discussions and tutorials on the web, just search for something like 'using ssh key' and you'll retrieve a wealth of information.
non-Perl: Andy Ford
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