Bluetoothctl automation

bluetooth.sh

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

set prompt "#"
set address [lindex $argv 0]

spawn sudo bluetoothctl -a
expect -re $prompt
send "remove $address\r"
sleep 1
expect -re $prompt
send "scan on\r"
send_user "\nSleeping\r"
sleep 5
send_user "\nDone sleeping\r"
send "scan off\r"
expect "Controller"
send "trust $address\r"
sleep 2
send "pair $address\r"
sleep 2
send "0000\r"
sleep 3
send_user "\nShould be paired now.\r"
send "quit\r"
expect eof

Thank you for this! This Expect script was really useful for me. :)

thank you very much, this code was what i was looking for

Great help, thanks @RamonGilabert.

spawn: invalid option -- 'a'
*** Usage: spawn [-h] [-v] [-jN]
bluez.sh: line 7: expect: command not found
bluez.sh: line 8: send: command not found
bluez.sh: line 10: expect: command not found
bluez.sh: line 11: send: command not found
bluez.sh: line 12: send_user: command not found
bluez.sh: line 14: send_user: command not found
bluez.sh: line 15: send: command not found
bluez.sh: line 16: expect: command not found
bluez.sh: line 17: send: command not found
bluez.sh: line 19: send: command not found
bluez.sh: line 21: send: command not found
bluez.sh: line 23: send_user: command not found
bluez.sh: line 24: send: command not found
bluez.sh: line 25: expect: command not found

These are what I got, how to use it. Can anyone help?

Awesome script!

Thank you @RamonGilabert. I did not know about expect scriping!

With bluetoothctl 5.48 the command line switch -a is no longer valid and must be removed.

I haven't used expect in a very long time--it was good to find this! Thank you.

Thanks!

For new comers:

Install expect:

$ sudo apt install expect

I use without sudo, and without the -a switch which isn't supported anymore, so the final script is:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

set prompt "#"
set address [lindex $argv 0]

spawn bluetoothctl
expect -re $prompt
send "remove $address\r"
sleep 1
expect -re $prompt
send "scan on\r"
send_user "\nSleeping\r"
sleep 5
send_user "\nDone sleeping\r"
send "scan off\r"
expect "Controller"
send "trust $address\r"
sleep 2
send "pair $address\r"
sleep 2
send "0000\r"
sleep 3
send_user "\nShould be paired now.\r"
send "quit\r"
expect eof

run the script like so:

$ /path/to/script.sh 00:00:00:00:00  # replace 00:00:00:00:00 with the device mac address