On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Nathan Farrar <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm trying to automate the collection of data to remote devices over
> ssh via pexpect. I had originally attempted (with limited success) to
> use paramiko, however due to cisco's ssh implimentation I cannot send
> mulitple commands over the same connection, which is absolutely
> essential. Therefore, I'm now attempting to use pexpect, but am
> having trouble getting started. I have a simple script, such as:
>
> session = pexpect.spawn('ssh u...@host')
> session.expect([pexpect.TIMETOUT, 'password:'])
> session.send('password')
> print session.read() # shouldn't this display the logon banner & command
> prompt?
> session.close()
>
> This code results in no output & a hanging window. What am I doing
> incorrect?
>
> Additionally, I will need to add conditional pexpect statements, such
> that when I execute a command I want to gather the output, however if
> '--More--' is encountered (and it this can happen multiple times), I
> want to send a newline character to the session and continue gathering
> the output.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Nathan
>
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when using pexpect for ssh you can run into some issues, I have used to
script some elaborate green screen apps, but not without some unforeseen
bugs
when connecting to a new machine, most ssh client will ask you verify the
fingerprint
something like:
> are you sure you want to continue (yes/no)?
also session.send < doesn't send eol "\n" but sendline does
So this should fix your connection
###
session = pexpect.spawn('ssh u...@host')
i = session.expect([pexpect.TIMETOUT, 'password:', "yes/no"])
if i == 2:
session.sendline("yes")
session.expect([pexpect.TIMETOUT, 'password:'])
if i == 1:
session.sendline('password')
print session.read() # shouldn't this display the logon banner & command
prompt?
session.close()
###
the other your question, pexpects sendline(''), will just send a newline
not perfect but should work
###
license = ""
while True:
i = session.expect(["--more--", "yes/no"])
if i == 1:
break
license += session.before
session.sendline('')
###
Vince
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