call & execute the shell script within expect script

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Published on 2012-04-09T04:41:59Z Indexed on 2012/04/09 5:29 UTC
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#!/usr/bin/expect
spawn ssh derrick@$abc123.net
expect "password"
send "helloworld\n"
send "cd /tmp\n"
send "sh rename.sh\n" # this shell script will get a list of files and rename each file
send "exit\n"
expect eof

The problem is when 'rename.sh' started and within less than 3 seconds, the 'expect' script exits while 'rename.sh' is not yet done executed.

My question is how can I make my expect script to wait for the finish of 'rename.sh' execution?

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