Re^3: Forced to modify perl telnet script to use both telnet and ssh

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Sorry I wasn't clear. We currently do have a working Perl/telnet script. Due to new security requirements we are moving to SSH. So, not all devices support SSH but will sometime in the future. Therefore I have to have a single script to handle both Telnet and SSH. (Lucky me). As stated, my dinosaur of a boss (he refuses to use new technology such as ZFS on Solaris) wants to "simply" modify the current script to handle both connections using the existing commands.

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Re^4: Forced to modify perl telnet script to use both telnet and ssh by philiprbrenan (Monk) on Sep 01, 2012 at 19:56 UTC
Please go through your script adding statements like this: `if ($device->{supportsSSH}) {SSH code} else {Telnet code}` [download] After a while you may notice that blocks of code keep getting repeated. Please consider refactoring them into sub {}'s as you work through your script.	[reply] [d/l]

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