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Old 05-16-2013
Expect slowing down / missing characters
Im writing an expect program to connect to cisco routers and run commands.
my commands file has only two entries
Code:
show version
show running-config

when I run the script, the first command is run without a problem.
The second command isn't.
The "s" is missing at the device command line, the "h" is the only character at the command line. The script pauses for a few seconds, then moves on to the exit line in the script.

this is what it looks like


Code:
cisco WS-C3750-48P (PowerPC405) processor (revision J0) with 118784K/12280K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID CAT0936Z4SZ
Last reset from power-on
Target IOS Version 12.2(25)SEE
4 Virtual Ethernet interfaces
48 FastEthernet interfaces
4 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

Router#how running
              ^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

and heres my code


Code:
set cmdlist [open "listofcmds" "r" ]
while { [gets $cmdlist command] >=0 } {
send "$command\n"
sleep 10
expect "#"
                }

send "exit\n"

thks in advance for help
Last edited by Scott; 05-16-2013 at 10:02 AM.. Reason: More code tags
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Old 05-28-2013
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