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Date:      Sun, 07 Jun 1998 16:45:29 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Hans Petter Bieker <zerium@webindex.no>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP chat script 
Message-ID:  <199806071545.QAA12007@awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jun 1998 12:25:13 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603121858.8377A-100000@oslo11.or.uninett.no> 

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> On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Doug White wrote:
> 
> > > imposible to tell ppp to enter that command. instead of entering ``ppp +''
> > > it enters ```ppp' and then wait for ``+''. anyone?
> > Escape the + with a pair of backslashes, like \\+.
> 
> ``ppp\\+'' sends ``ppp+''
> ``ppp\\ +'' sends ```ppp'' and waits for ``+''
> ``ppp\ +'' sends ```ppp'' and waits for ``+''
> 
> -bieker-

Either quote the entire string or use the \s escape:

  set login "...... \"ppp +\" ......"
  set login "...... ppp\\s+ ......"

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