Many thanks for that (I should have looked harder).
I can use the CLI interactively by telnet to the host/port 9090 and run
a command like "<playerid> power ?" and see the response.
But how can I do this from a bash script? Is there a UNIX command I can
use to send the CLI command to Slimserver and read the reply?
Thanks for any pointers.
Use expect.
#!/usr/bin/expect
set timeout 3
spawn -noecho /bin/bash
expect -re "$ "
send "telnet myserver:9090\n"
expect -re "Escape character"
send "player power ?\n"
set results $expect_out(buffer)
if {$result -re "1"} then {
send "player power off\n"
expect "off"
send "exit\n"
expect eof
} else {
send "exit\n"
expect eof
}
That ought to get you started -- I'm probably not remembering the right syntax for the regular _expression_ in the if statement, so google how to do those.
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So across the Western ocean I must wander" -- traditional
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