Mailing List Archive: Using commands with clogin that require confirmation

Using commands with clogin that require confirmation

jeekay at gmail

Oct 3, 2005, 7:09 AM

Post #1 of 6 (1112 views)

Hi,

I am trying to script (using clogin) various commands, one of which is
'clear counters'. This unfortunately requires a confirmation that
doesn't appear to be disableable.

Is there any way to force clogin to, fx, wait 1 second, hit enter, and
_then_ expect the prompt again? I've tried various combinations of -c
'clear count;;' but it doesn't seem to send anything until it has seen
a new prompt.

Thanks,
Ras

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saku+rancid at ytti

Oct 3, 2005, 7:21 AM

Post #2 of 6 (1096 views)

On (2005-10-03 16:09 +0100), Jee Kay wrote:

> Is there any way to force clogin to, fx, wait 1 second, hit enter, and
> _then_ expect the prompt again? I've tried various combinations of -c
> 'clear count;;' but it doesn't seem to send anything until it has seen
> a new prompt.

Waiting probably doesn't work, but \r should work. You should have
all in one line, until you're back in the prompt.

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david_laporte at harvard

Oct 3, 2005, 7:29 AM

Post #3 of 6 (1099 views)

Using "\n" has worked for us. The following is an example showing an
ACL being uploaded via the interactive prompts on a 6509 running native IOS:

-c "conf net\nhost\n192.168.1.1\nACL/123-routergw1.ip\n;wr mem"

Dave

Saku Ytti wrote:
> On (2005-10-03 16:09 +0100), Jee Kay wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to force clogin to, fx, wait 1 second, hit enter, and
>> _then_ expect the prompt again? I've tried various combinations of -c
>> 'clear count;;' but it doesn't seem to send anything until it has seen
>> a new prompt.
>
> Waiting probably doesn't work, but \r should work. You should have
> all in one line, until you're back in the prompt.
>

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saku+rancid at ytti

Oct 3, 2005, 7:35 AM

Post #4 of 6 (1098 views)

On (2005-10-03 11:29 -0400), David LaPorte wrote:

> Using "\n" has worked for us. The following is an example showing an
> ACL being uploaded via the interactive prompts on a 6509 running native IOS:
>
> -c "conf net\nhost\n192.168.1.1\nACL/123-routergw1.ip\n;wr mem"

This was not asked, but canonical way to separate commands is ';'.

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david_laporte at harvard

Oct 3, 2005, 7:37 AM

Post #5 of 6 (1093 views)

We had no luck descending through the interactive prompts with ";". The
changing prompt was likely the issue, I assume

Saku Ytti wrote:
> On (2005-10-03 11:29 -0400), David LaPorte wrote:
>
>> Using "\n" has worked for us. The following is an example showing an
>> ACL being uploaded via the interactive prompts on a 6509 running native IOS:
>>
>> -c "conf net\nhost\n192.168.1.1\nACL/123-routergw1.ip\n;wr mem"
>
> This was not asked, but canonical way to separate commands is ';'.
>

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saku+rancid at ytti

Oct 3, 2005, 7:39 AM

Post #6 of 6 (1095 views)

On (2005-10-03 11:29 -0400), David LaPorte wrote:

> Using "\n" has worked for us. The following is an example showing an
> ACL being uploaded via the interactive prompts on a 6509 running native IOS:
>
> -c "conf net\nhost\n192.168.1.1\nACL/123-routergw1.ip\n;wr mem"

Sorry my hasty posting, I misread your command, and indeed \n works
as well as \r.
Now I only have to wonder why I thought it didn't, as I'm sure I tried
it first when I had same problem :)

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