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Old 07-25-2012
Save output to file - inside a script ?

I'm using the following script to check cisco router health and I'd like to save output to a file,

Code:
vty_runcmd.sh > /check/check-cisco-health

script works and output is saved to a file. However using it in crontab file is created but output is not printed inside it. In crontab,

Code:
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/vty_runcmd.sh > /check/check-cisco-health

Better would be to print the output -red characters- (output comes from reading cisco commands stored into a file) to a file directly from inside the script, can someone help me ?

here it is the script, I think the print should be placed in the red characters side of the script,

Code:
#!/usr/bin/expect --
##########################################################################
# vty_runcmd.exp
# 
#    This is an expect script that will connect to a device using ssh or
#    telnet, then run the specified command.  The output will either be 
#    written to an output file or printed to stdout.
#
# Created by Tim Evens (tim@evensweb.com), 5/2009
# Corrected by Sergio Zavala (sergio.zavala at sidetec.com.mx), 12/2010
#
# Copyright Tim Evens, 2009
#
# HISTORY:
#   Tim Evens	5/21/09	Initial program created
#   Sergio Zavala	12/26/10 Connection return code corrected 
#   Tim Evens	1/05/10	Connection validated
##########################################################################

#++++++++++++++++++++++++++
# Global vars
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++
set timeout 30
# below matches prompts such as "router#", "router>", "router$"
set prompt "\>\ *$|#\ *$|\\$\ *$"


#-----------------------------------------------
# Connect(method, prompt, host, user, password)
#    This function will connect to a host using telnet or ssh.
# 
# RETURNS:
#    zero if successful
#    1 = timeout or invalid hostname or method
#    2 = invalid login
#    3 = timeout waiting for login
#    4 = connection failed to host during expect wait
#    9 = unknown error
#-----------------------------------------------
proc Connect {method host usr pw} {
   set rval 0
   set usr_chk 0
   set pw_chk 0
   set max_checks 4
   global spawn_id
   global timeout
   global prompt
  
   puts "Connecting using $method to $host as user $usr"
   
   # see if we are using ssh
   if { [string compare $method "ssh"] == 0 } {
      set host "$usr@$host"
   }
   
   # Run command and get connected
   set id [spawn $method $host]
   if { $id <= 0 } {
      puts "ERROR: Failed to connect to host\n"
      set rval 1
      
   } else {
      puts "Using Process ID: $id"
   }
   
   # Start the expect/send process to login
   expect {
   
      # Below handles the username prompt
      -nocase -re "name:|^login:" {
         send "$usr\r"
         incr usr_chk;
         
         # continue with expect loop as long as we haven't hit this too many times         
         if { $usr_chk < $max_checks } {
            exp_continue
         } else {
            set rval 2
            puts "ERROR: Login retry failed.  Invalid login username"
         }   

       # Below handles the password prompt
       } -nocase -re "word:" {
         send "$pw\r"
         incr pw_chk;
         
         # continue with expect loop as long as we haven't hit this too many times
         if { $pw_chk < $max_checks } {
            exp_continue        
         } else {
            set rval 2
            puts "ERROR: Login retry failed.  Invalid login password"
         }   
         
      # Below handles the yes/no prompt when SSH first connects to a host   
      } -nocase -re "\(yes/no\)" {
         send "yes\r"
         exp_continue
      
      # Below handles the normal prompt to detect when logged in
      } -nocase -re "$prompt" {
         puts "\nSUCCESS: Logged in and ready to send commands\n"

      # Below is for expect timeout waiting for a                                 
      } timeout {
         puts "ERROR: Connection timeout waiting for login prompt"
         set rval 3
      
      # Below is for when the connect is closed before finishing   
      } eof {
         puts "ERROR: Connection to host failed: $expect_out(buffer)"
         set rval 4
      }
   }
     
   # return with error code
   return $rval
} 
# End of Connect ()

#-----------------------------------------------
# Usage()
#     This function will print the usage
#-----------------------------------------------
proc Usage {} {

   puts "Usage: vty_runcmd.exp <options>"
   puts "\n"
   puts "REQUIRED OPTIONS:"
   puts "   -h <hostname|ip>   = hostname or ip address"
   puts "   -u <username>      = username to login with"
   puts "   -p <password>      = password for login"
   puts "\n"
   puts "Other OPTIONS:"
   puts "   -e <enable password> = Enable password"
   puts "   -t <seconds>         = timeout in seconds"
   puts "   -m <ssh|telnet>      = use either ssh or telnet, default telnet"
   puts "   -f <filename>        = command file, defaults to STDIN"
   puts "\n"
}
# End of Check_ARGS()

#-----------------------------------------------
# main() 
# 
# RETURNS:
#    0 if successful
#    1 if invalid arg passed
#    2 not enough args (required args not met)
#-----------------------------------------------
   set rval 0
   set hostname ""
   set username ""
   set password ""
   set enable_pw ""
   set cmdfile ""
   set method "telnet"

   # Loop through the command line args   
   for {set n 0} {$n < $argc} {incr n} {
   
      set arg [lindex $argv $n]
      
      # Check the args
      if { [string compare $arg "-u"] == 0} {
         if { $n < $n+1 } {
            incr n
            set username [lindex $argv $n]
         } else {
            set rval 1
            puts "ERROR: Missing ARG for $arg\n"
         }
    
      } elseif { [string compare $arg "-p"] == 0} {
         if { $n < $n+1 } {
            incr n
            set password [lindex $argv $n]
         } else {
            set rval 1
            puts "ERROR: Missing ARG for $arg\n"
         }
         
      } elseif { [string compare $arg "-h"] == 0} {
         if { $n < $n+1 } {
            incr n
            set hostname [lindex $argv $n]
         } else {
            set rval 1
            puts "ERROR: Missing ARG for $arg\n"
         }

      } elseif { [string compare $arg "-m"] == 0} {
         if { $n < $n+1 } {
            incr n
            set method [lindex $argv $n]

         } else {
            set rval 1
            puts "ERROR: Missing ARG for $arg\n"
         }
         
      } elseif { [string compare $arg "-t"] == 0} {
         if { $n < $n+1 } {
            incr n
            set timeout [lindex $argv $n]
         } else {
            set rval 1
            puts "ERROR: Missing ARG for $arg\n"
         }
 
      } elseif { [string compare $arg "-f"] == 0} {
         if { $n < $n+1 } {
            incr n
            set cmdfile [lindex $argv $n]
         } else {
            set rval 1
            puts "ERROR: Missing ARG for $arg\n"
         }
         
      } elseif { [string compare $arg "-e"] == 0} {
         if { $n < $n+1 } {
            incr n
            set enable_pw [lindex $argv $n]
         } else {
            set rval 1
            puts "ERROR: Missing ARG for $arg\n"
         }
      }
   }
   # End of arg check
        
   # make sure we found the amount of args expected   
   if { [llength $hostname] > 0 && [llength $method] > 0 && 
          [llength $username] > 0 && [llength $password] > 0 } {
      # Print out the args found
      puts "hostname = $hostname, user = $username, pw = $password, method = $method"
      
   } else {
      set rval 2
      puts "ERROR: Missing required args, must have -h, -u, -p\n"
      Usage
   }
   
   # ------------------
   # Now that we have the correct ARGS and we know what to do, lets proceed to
   #     connect, run the commands, then exit.
   # ------------------
   
   # make sure we have not encountered any errors
   if { $rval <= 0 } {
   
      if { [llength $cmdfile] <= 0 } {
         puts "Enter the send text (type 'end' on last line to finish):"
         expect_user -nocase -re "(.*)\nend\n"
         set send_text $expect_out(1,string)
         
      } else {
         puts "Using $cmdfile for send text"
         # set cmdfile_fd [open $cmdfile r]
         if { [catch {set cmdfile_fd [open $cmdfile r]} err_msg] } {
            puts stderr "Could not open $cmdfile for reading\n$err_msg"
            exit 1
         }
         
         # read in the file info - warning there is a limit on the size
         set send_text [read $cmdfile_fd 10000]
         
         # close open file
         close $cmdfile_fd      
      }

      # connect and check return status before proceeding
      if { [Connect "$method" "$hostname" "$username" "$password"] > 0 } {
         # stop here,  no need to print an error since Connect func does that
         exit 1
      }

      
      # If we have an enable password, lets try to send it
      if { [llength $enable_pw] > 0} {
         puts "***Using enable mode"
         send "enable\r"
         expect {
            -timeout 3
            # Below handles the password prompt
            -nocase -re "word:" {
               send "$enable_pw\r"
               exp_continue
      
            # Below handles the normal prompt to detect when logged in
            } -re "#\ *$" {
               puts "--SUCCESS on enable mode--"

            # Below is for expect timeout waiting for a                                 
            } timeout {
               puts "ERROR: Enable password timeout"
               set rval 3
      
            # Below is for when the connect is closed before finishing   
            } eof {
               puts "ERROR: Connection to host failed: $expect_out(buffer)"
               set rval 4
            }         
         }
      }
      
      # Loop through the send_text and send one line at a time         
      foreach line [split $send_text \n] {
         # Make sure to exclude empty lines
         if { [llength $line] > 0 } {           
            send "$line\r"
            
            # Start the expect/send process to login
            expect {            
               # Below handles the yes/no prompts  
               -nocase -re "\(yes/no\)" {
                  send "yes\r"
                  exp_continue
               
               # Below handles the y/n prompts  
               } -nocase -re "\(yes/no\)" {
                  send "yes\r"
                  exp_continue

               # Below handles the y/n prompts  
               } -nocase -re "--more--" {
                  send " "
                  exp_continue
                                          
               # Below handles the normal prompt to detect when logged in
               } -nocase -re "$prompt" {
                  puts "\n--SUCCESS for normal login prompt--\n"
               }
            }
                
         }
      }
      
      # Now that we are done, send an exit
      puts "*** Finished with script"
      send "exit\r"
      sleep 1
   }

## END OF SCRIPT #############################################################

# 2  
Old 07-25-2012
If this is connecting to telnet, expect may be your best option, but if you're using ssh, you could use keys and avoid having to use expect at all while making your scripts far simpler in the bargain.

If it doesn't work in crontab, that's probably a problem with your environment as per our FAQ.
# 3  
Old 07-25-2012
thanks to reply my post,

yes I'm using ssh

don't know how to use keys
# 4  
Old 07-26-2012
Google 'passwordless ssh'. There's tutorials all over the internet.
# 5  
Old 07-26-2012
ok

as regard crontab I could solve the problem. Script now works but storing plain text password into the script is not so well done.

I'm not sure passwordless ssh can be used on cisco router/firewall.. at least I couldnt find anything..
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