Re^2: Problem with telnet and paging

Hi.

Thank you all for your replies. I've looked into the solution with expect - though I don't have the package and the box I'm running the script on is very limited.

The software is indeed Cisco, but my other switches/routes are a different kind (huawei, etc) and they do not have any support for terminal length.

Perhaps my best option would be to use a basic i/o socket, and just read for the '--More--'-line and send a space, or whatnot?

Thanks in advance.

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Re^3: Problem with telnet and paging by tbone654 (Beadle) on Dec 24, 2012 at 21:06 UTC
this works for me on my CISCO's... may be it's the lines... `$telnet->prompt('/\w+# $/'); $telnet->waitfor($telnet->prompt);` [download] that make it work... Don't know, just figuring this out myself... usage: ./program.pl 10.10.10.77 z.out #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Net::Telnet; my $uri = shift @ARGV or die "IP address needed \n Usage: ./runssh 10. +10.10.77 outputfile"; my $a = shift @ARGV or die "output file needed \n usage: ./runssh 10.1 +0.10.77 outputfile"; my $telnet = new Net::Telnet (Timeout=>15 #,Input_log => "received_data.txt" ,Input_log => $a ); $telnet->open($uri); $telnet->waitfor('/login: /i'); $telnet->print('Place_the_login_here'); $telnet->waitfor('/Password: /i'); $telnet->print('Place_the password_here'); print "Login is successful \n"; $telnet->prompt('/\w+# $/'); $telnet->waitfor($telnet->prompt); $telnet->cmd("terminal length 0"); $telnet->cmd("show interface brief"); $telnet->cmd("sh int desc"); $telnet->cmd("sh flogi data"); $telnet->cmd("sh zone act"); $telnet->waitfor($telnet->prompt); my $out = $telnet->print('exit'); print $out; $telnet->close(); my $fname = "received_data.txt"; open (my $fh, "<", $fname) or die "Can't open"; while (<$fh>) { print if /ip prefix-list/; } [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Problem with telnet and paging
by tbone654 (Beadle) on Dec 24, 2012 at 21:06 UTC

this works for me on my CISCO's... may be it's the lines...

$telnet->prompt('/\w+# $/');
$telnet->waitfor($telnet->prompt);
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::Telnet;

my $uri = shift @ARGV or die "IP address needed \n Usage: ./runssh 10.
+10.10.77 outputfile";
my $a = shift @ARGV or die "output file needed \n usage: ./runssh 10.1
+0.10.77 outputfile";

my $telnet = new Net::Telnet  (Timeout=>15
        #,Input_log => "received_data.txt"
        ,Input_log => $a
);


$telnet->open($uri);
$telnet->waitfor('/login: /i');
$telnet->print('Place_the_login_here');
$telnet->waitfor('/Password: /i');
$telnet->print('Place_the password_here');
print "Login is successful \n";
$telnet->prompt('/\w+# $/');
$telnet->waitfor($telnet->prompt);
$telnet->cmd("terminal length 0");
$telnet->cmd("show interface brief");

$telnet->cmd("sh int desc");
$telnet->cmd("sh flogi data");
$telnet->cmd("sh zone act");
$telnet->waitfor($telnet->prompt);

my $out = $telnet->print('exit');
print $out;

$telnet->close();

my $fname = "received_data.txt";

open (my $fh, "<", $fname) or die "Can't open";
while (<$fh>) {
        print if /ip prefix-list/;
        }
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