Various Tech.

1.Use the interpreter for bash at first line . #!/bin/bash 2. Use variables as per requirement and pass it to except if needed. HOST="localhost" USER="chitti" PASS="123" CMD=$@ 3. Use expect script as required. XYZ=$(expect -c " spawn ssh $USER@$HOST expect \"password:\" send \"$PASS\r\" expect \"\\\\$\" send \"$CMD\r\" expect -re \"$USER.*\" send \"logout\" ") 4.Print the result of except using echo like echo "${XYZ}"