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

[Rajan V. <raj...@gm...>]

I tried $expect_obj->before() but it does not return the entire output.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Satish Pothuri
<sat...@gm...>wrote:

>
> 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.
>>
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>> Rajan Vijayaraghavan
>>
>>
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