Re: [Expectperl-discuss] Question with expect on storing command output.

[Satish P. <sat...@gm...>]

you can use expect before() function to get the command output. It actually
captures the date from last expect string to current expect string.
variable =  $exp_obj->before()

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Rajan Vijayaraghavan <
raj...@gm...> wrote:

> All,
> I am using Perl with Expect for automating wpa_cli for wps.
> I have a general question. For example if a command has been sent to
> to either a remote machine or a spawned process, how to read the
> entire output of the command executed. How does expect store so
> that I can parse and use it for later purpose?
>
>
> For example, if I telnet to a remote machine and read a file (cat
> <filename>)
> using expect. How can I store the entire cat output in a variable and use
> it
> for later parsing? Any pointer would be helpful.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Rajan Vijayaraghavan
>
>
>
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