Re: Plus character in EXPECT string gives "Invalid preceding regular expression" error

On Jan 14, 2012, at 8:25 PM, Lukasz Piwowarek wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> I am trying to use Monit to check Redis DB like this:
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>         if failed port 6379
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>                 send "PING"
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>                 expect "+PONG"
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>                 send "SET monit_test_key \r\nalive\r\n"
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>                 expect "+OK"
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>                 send "EXISTS monit_test_key\r\n"
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>                 expect ":1"
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>         then
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>                 restart
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> The issue is Monit reads the + character as a regular expression and throws an error on start: Invalid preceding regular expression.
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> Is there some way around this?

Escape the + or use a character class. That is, either

        expect "\+PONG"
or
        expect "[+]PONG"

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