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+Expect is a program that performs programmed dialogue with other
+interactive programs. It is briefly described by its man page, expect(1).
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+It uses pseudo-tty's to control the child processes, so it is not affected
+by programs that refuse to read from stdin or pipes. (eg: passwd(1) etc).