I was not aware of script. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:55 pm Subject: Re: [Tutor] Capture telnet output to a file? To: tutor@python.org
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I am trying to capture telnet output to a file. For example I > want to > >telnet into a router and run the command ?show arp? and be able to > >capture all the arp information that normally would show up on the > >screen to a file on my system. I am using python and pexpect to > >backup my router configurations on a daily basis, but for this the > >router has the option to send the configuration via tftp to a server, > >there is no option to send normal screen data to a file. Any ideas? > > One could use the ``script'' program in *NIX systems which > captures your entire session. > > I haven't used pexpect with python yet, but the perl expect > module can also be used to capture things like this, and I would > expect that one could do this with pexpect as well. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) > 236-1676 > > ``If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the > government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit > thoseguarantees.'' > -President Bill Clinton, August 12, 1993 > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
