Script to Login to a remote machine with a given password

#!/bin/bash
HOST="localhost"
USER="myuname"
PASS="mypassword"

VAR=$(expect -c "
spawn ssh $USER@$HOST
expect \"password:\"
send \"$PASS\r\"
expect \"\\\\$\"
send \"ls\r\"
expect -re \"$USER.*\"
send \"logout\"
")

echo "==============="
echo "$VAR"


ref : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=192929