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Learning bash and trying to copy a file from a local machine to a remote machine. I would like to create a simple .txt file on the local machine that logs a success. This is my first foray into bash, so there's probably some bad practices on my part as I try to learn how everything works. I'm definitely in the "try to get it to work, first" phase of learning.

My goal is to create a remote script that copies a file from a local machine to a remote machine and then logs the success into a file on the local machine. It doesn't necessarily have to be my log file, that's just what I chose for the exercise. The lesson I'm following uses expect, ssh, and scp so I'd like to continue with these to contribute to the class forum and not have a stand-alone solution.

#!/usr/bin/expect

set user "redacted"
set password "redacted"
set success "Successfully Logged!"

log_file upload_me.txt

#I spawn ssh to connect to the remote server when I first run the remote script
spawn /usr/bin/ssh $user@example.com
expect "assword"
send "$passwordn"
expect "$user@"

#honestly, I spawn scp here because this is the way I could get it to work
#my (maybe wrong) understanding was that spawn was needed to start a new process (in this case scp)
spawn scp upload_me.txt $user@example.com:~/
expect "assword"

send "$passwordn"

#the code seems to work until this point, when I'm am redirected to root of my local machine
#I put expect "$user@ here because that's what shows when I do the operation manually (not with the remote script)
expect "$user@"

#I try the exit command because I want to terminate the ssh and return to my local machine to log the success
send "exitr"
#when I manually exit ssh, I would expect "root@" on my terminal to denote returning to my local machine. I am running locally as root
expect "root@"

#now write to a log file, except this doesn't work
#send "echo $success >> my_file.txt

I got the error "spawn id expX not open while executing" or some similar variant where X is an integer (e.g. exp4 or exp7).

The file gets uploaded, but I have not been able to create a file on the local machine afterwards that logs a successful attempt.

While I appreciate the tips on other methods, I am purposely using scp, expect, and ssh as it's part of the directed, non-credit course.