Bash sftp expect Script Does Not Continue After Retrieving Multiple Files - sftp

Question

I need to script out a way to FTP files from a remote server. I cannot use keys, so the login needs to be "interactive". I felt that expect was the way to go.
I have the following expect code in a bash script:
expect <<EOD
spawn sftp $sftp_user#$sftp_svr
expect "password:"
send "$sftp_pw\r"
expect "sftp> "
send "mget $getfile_path$getfile_name $savefile_path\r"
expect "sftp> "
send "bye\r"
EOD
The snippet works fine when it only retrieves one file. However, if I need to retrieve more than one file the final "expect sftp>" is never acted on.
Working:
[ed#svr1 ~]$ ./sftp_expect.sh
spawn sftp user#svr2
user#svr2's password:
Connected to svr2.
sftp> mget /data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt /home/ed/report_received/
Fetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck1.txt
/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 100% 56 26.9KB/s 00:00
sftp>
[ed#svr1 ~]$
Not Working:
[ed#svr1 ~]$ ./sftp_expect.sh
spawn sftp user#svr2
user#svr2's password:
Connected to svr2.
sftp> mget /data/user/upload/lastcheck*.txt /home/ed/report_received/
Fetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck1.txt
/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 100% 56 26.5KB/s 00:00
Fetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck2.txt
/data/hf_user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 100% 56 19.3KB/s 00:00
Fetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck_svr2.txt
/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 100% 56 31.9KB/s 00:00
sftp>
^C
[ed#svr1 ~]$
The script gets the files, expect gets "what it's expecting" but it does not continue on:
expect: does "mget /data/user/upload/lastcheck*.txt /home/ed/report_received/\r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck1.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 100% 56 24.5KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 100% 56 38.3KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck_svr2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA" (spawn_id exp6) match glob pattern "sftp> "? no
/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 100% 56 25.7KB/s 00:00
expect: does "mget /data/user/upload/lastcheck*.txt /home/ed/report_received/\r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck1.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 100% 56 24.5KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 100% 56 38.3KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck_svr2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 100% 56 25.7KB/s 00:00 \r\n" (spawn_id exp6) match glob pattern "sftp> "? no
sftp>
expect: does "mget /data/user/upload/lastcheck*.txt /home/ed/report_received/\r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck1.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 100% 56 24.5KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 100% 56 38.3KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck_svr2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 100% 56 25.7KB/s 00:00 \r\nsftp> " (spawn_id exp6) match glob pattern "sftp> "? yes
expect: set expect_out(0,string) "sftp> "
expect: set expect_out(spawn_id) "exp6"
expect: set expect_out(buffer) "mget /data/user/upload/lastcheck*.txt /home/ed/report_received/\r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck1.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck1.txt 100% 56 24.5KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck2.txt 100% 56 38.3KB/s 00:00 \r\nFetching /data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt to /home/ed/report_received/lastcheck_svr2.txt\r\n\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 0% 0 0.0KB/s --:-- ETA\r/data/user/upload/lastcheck_svr2.txt 100% 56 25.7KB/s 00:00 \r\nsftp> "
send: sending "bye\r" to { exp6 }
^C
[ed#svr2 ~]$
If anyone has an idea what is holding up the expect piece I would very much appreciate it.
Ed.

Answer 1

expect <<EOD
set timeout -1
spawn sftp $sftp_user#$sftp_svr
expect "password:"
send "$sftp_pw\r"
expect "sftp> "
send "mget $getfile_path$getfile_name $savefile_path\r"
expect "sftp> "
send "bye\r"
EOD