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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Expect script to save configuration from a router Post 302949209 by axexandru on Wednesday 8th of July 2015 06:46:01 AM
Old 07-08-2015
Expect script to save configuration from a router
Hy guys,

My name is Alex, i am new here and I hope to find some answers. I am trying to run a expect script to telnet to a mikrotik router, run a command (export), and save the output of that commant to a file (outputfile.txt). The problem is that only part of the output is saved to outputfile.txt.

Here is my code:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
exp_internal 0
log_user 0
match_max -d 1000000

set timeout 30
spawn telnet 192.168.255.100
expect "Login: "
send "mktbk\r"
expect "Password: "
send "password\r"
expect "> "
send "export\r"
expect eof
puts [open outputfile.txt w] $expect_out(buffer)
expect "> "
send "quit\r"

I guess it's a buffer problem ..... got any ideas?

Thanks,
Alex
 

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test::expect

Test::Expect(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					 Test::Expect(3pm)

NAME

       Test::Expect - Automated driving and testing of terminal-based programs

SYNOPSIS

	 # in a t/*.t file:
	 use Test::Expect;
	 use Test::More tests => 13;
	 expect_run(
	   command => "perl testme.pl",
	   prompt  => 'testme: ',
	   quit    => 'quit',
	 );
	 expect("ping", "pong", "expect");
	 expect_send("ping", "expect_send");
	 expect_is("* Hi there, to testme", "expect_is");
	 expect_like(qr/Hi there, to testme/, "expect_like");

DESCRIPTION

       Test::Expect is a module for automated driving and testing of terminal-based programs.  It is handy for testing interactive programs which
       have a prompt, and is based on the same concepts as the Tcl Expect tool.  As in Expect::Simple, the Expect object is made available for
       tweaking.

       Test::Expect is intended for use in a test script.

SUBROUTINES

   expect_run
       The expect_run subroutine sets up Test::Expect. You must pass in the interactive program to run, what the prompt of the program is, and
       which command quits the program:

	 expect_run(
	   command => "perl testme.pl",
	   prompt  => 'testme: ',
	   quit    => 'quit',
	 );

   expect
       The expect subroutine is the catch all subroutine. You pass in the command, the expected output of the subroutine and an optional comment.

	 expect("ping", "pong", "expect");

   expect_send
       The expect_send subroutine sends a command to the program. You pass in the command and an optional comment.

	 expect_send("ping", "expect_send");

   expect_is
       The expect_is subroutine tests the output of the program like Test::More's is. It has an optional comment:

	 expect_is("* Hi there, to testme", "expect_is");

   expect_like
       The expect_like subroutine tests the output of the program like Test::More's like. It has an optional comment:

	 expect_like(qr/Hi there, to testme/, "expect_like");

   expect_handle
       This returns the Expect object.

expect_quit
       Closes the Expect handle.

SEE ALSO

       Expect, Expect::Simple.

AUTHOR

       Leon Brocard, "<acme@astray.com>"

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2005, Leon Brocard

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.12.3							    2011-06-12							 Test::Expect(3pm)
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