Hi Guys, I'm writing a script to configure a NetGear switch through its telnet port. I know how to login, how to issue commands, but now I has a problem. The switch has a menu first after we login it, and then by sending different key shortcuts, we can enter different sub-menus, or get in the Command Line Interface. Below is the sample of the main menu: 
                           FSM726 Management Switch
                                  Main Menu

                                 a. System
                                 b. Status
                                 c. Set-up
                                 d. Tools
                                 e. Security
                                 f. Advanced

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Below is the sample of the Advanced menu: 
                           FSM726 Management Switch
                                   Advanced

                             a. Port Mirroring
                             b. Port Trunking
                             c. Virtual Cable Tester
                             d. Advanced Security
                             e. Advanced Tools
                             f. Traffic Managment
                             g. VLANS
                             h. Spanning Tree
                             i. MAC
                             j. Multimedia Support
                             k. SNMP
                             l. Command Line

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Now what I want is that I want to get all the sub-menu's name of a certain main menu, for example, I want to get all the sub menu of Advanced menu, please help me figure out how to do it? Note, this is not the same as the CLI style.

In reply to How to grab the telnet screen output? by phio

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