# Interactive apps with Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interactive-apps-with-ruby/129863>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 22, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interactive-apps-with-ruby/129863 "2008-02-22T05:01:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interactive-apps-with-ruby/129863/1 "2008-02-22T05:01:40Z")

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Folks,  
I am trying to build an interactive test application. I  
would like to generate interactive commands to an existing  
server(ftpd)  
so commands like ftp 192.68.20.1  
ace\>login: xxxx  
ace \>password : yyyy  
I should be able to mimic human intervention. Is this possible in  
perl.  
I do not want to add delay’s . I prefer synching with the server. I  
know this is possible in Expect. Is there any other scripting language  
this is possible in say Tcl/tk/Perl/Python/Ruby? What language do you  
suggest for such application? this feature in addition with strong  
parsing capabilities is what I am looking for.  
Thanks in advance  
Sunil