expert

adj 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept

in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job";

"a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a

proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less

skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by

skillful retouching" [syn: {adept}, {good}, {practiced},

{proficient}, {skillful}, {skilful}]

2: having or showing great skill or knowledge or special

training as expected of a professional; "an expert

opinion"

n : a person who performs skillfully

expect

A {Unix} tool written in {Tcl} and a {script

language} for automating the operation of {interactive}

applications such as {telnet}, {FTP}, {passwd}, {fsck},

{rlogin}, {tip}, etc.. Expect can feed input to other

programs and perform {pattern matching} on their output. It

is also useful for testing these applications. By adding

{Tk}, you can also wrap interactive applications in {X11}

{GUI}s.

{Home (http://expect.nist.gov/)}.

["expect: Scripts for Controlling Interactive Tasks", Don

Libes, Comp Sys 4(2), U Cal Press Journals, Nov 1991].

(1997-06-09)