This one is stumping me, I'm sure it must have been done before. I want to automte adding a user with Expect.pm (1.15)

use Expect;
use IO::Stty;

my $command = "adduser";
my @params = qw( --no-create-home --firstuid 4001 --ingroup clients --
+shell /bin/false --home /home/fred fred);

my $exp = Expect->new("$command @params") or die "Cannot spawn $comman
+d: $!\n";

$Expect::Exp_Internal = 1;

my $timeout = 5;

$exp->expect($timeout,
         [ 
          qr/UNIX password:/ => sub {
        my $exp = shift;
        $exp->send("sponge\n");
        exp_continue; 
          } 
         ],
         [ 
          qr/Full Name/ => sub {
        my $exp = shift;
        $exp->send("Mr Fred\n");
        exp_continue; 
          } 
         ],
         [ 
          qr/Number|Phone|Other/ => sub { 
        my $exp = shift;
        $exp->send("\n");
        exp_continue; 
          } 
         ],
         [ 
          qr/correct/ => sub { 
        my $exp = shift;
        $exp->send("y\n");
          } 
         ],
        );
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I run this and get an odd timeout:

Waiting for new data (5 seconds)...
adduser: Warning: The home dir you specified does not exist.
Adding user `fred'...
Adding new user `fred' (4001) with group `clients'.
Waiting for new data (5 seconds)...
Not creating /home/fred.
Waiting for new data (5 seconds)...
Enter new UNIX password: Waiting for new data (5 seconds)...
sponge
Waiting for new data (5 seconds)...
TIMEOUT
Returning from expect with TIMEOUT or EOF
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Sometimes it gets to the password confirm line and sometimes it doesn't.

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