How to find if a file exists in expect script - expect

I have a statement inside my expect script like this
send "sed -i -e 's/$oldport/$newport/' backup.txt\r"
expect "$ "
However I wish to first check whether the file backup.txt exist and if it does, then edit it.
How do I acheive this?
Thanks

Since expect is an extension of Tcl, all Tcl commands are available to use:
if {[file exists backup.txt]} {
send "sed -i -e 's/$oldport/$newport/' backup.txt\r"
expect "$ "
}

Here is a quick approach by using ls
set file "backup.txt"
send "ls $file\r"
expect {
"\r\n$file" {puts "\nfile exists"}
"cannot access $file" {puts "\nfile not found"}
}
You can just replace puts "\nfile exists" with your statement.

A Slightly modified #asdone's solution.
Works on remote, unlike #glenn jackman’s that tests for the file in local system, on which the expect script is running.
#!/usr/bin/expect --
# settings
set prompt "\$ "
set filename 'example-file.txt'
set response__file_not_found "No such file or directory*$prompt"
set response__file_exists "$filename*$prompt"
send "ls $filename\r"
expect {
$response__file_not_found {
puts "\n\nFile not found\n\n”
# must exit as the negative response matches both cases
exit
}
$response__file_exists {
puts "\n\nFile exists\n\n"
}
}

Related

Multiple Aliases for different commands

I am attempting to create a bash script that will ssh into remote network devices, run commands based on the model, and then save the output.
At this time I have my expect file that contains the following:
#!/user/bin/expect
set pw xxxxxxx
set timeout 5
spawn ssh [lindex $argv 0]
expect "TACACS Password:"
send "$pw\r"
interact
I have my .sh file that contains variables which allows me to login to separate "host" files based on Model type. It contains:
shopt -s expand_aliases
fpath="path where scripts are located"
opath="MAC_Results.log"
for i in $( cat $fpath/3560hosts )
do
expect script.exp $i >> "$opath"
done
When I run my .sh, everything operates as expected. My issue lies in I do not know how to call my aliases. I have edited the .bashrc and have sourced it. The .bashrc contains the following:
# .bashrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
# User specific aliases and functions
alias loc3560="term length 0; show mac address-table | ex Gi|CPU|Po; exit"
alias locx="term length 0; show mac address-table | ex Gi[1|2]/1|CPU|Vl99|Po1|dynamic|system; exit"
I have also added the aliases within my .sh aliases. but cant seem to get the right syntax. I have tried the following variations but with no success...
for i in $( cat $fpath/3560hosts )
do
expect script.exp $i $loc3560 >> "$opath"
done
and
for i in $( cat $fpath/3560hosts )
do
expect script.exp $i >> "$opath";
$loc3560
done
Would appreciate any suggestions on where to put these to call to them.
Unfortunately I was not able to figure out how to call my functions or aliases within my main .sh script. With that though I found a way to achieve what I wanted via my expect file . Code listed below and it works like a charm. My subdirectory of 21 files has now been reduced to 3!
set loc3560 "show mac address-table | ex Gi|CPU|Po
exit"
set locx "show mac address-table | ex Gi1/1|Gi2/1|CPU|Vl99|Po1|dynamic|system
exit"
set loc4500 "show mac address-table | ex 1/3|1/5|Port-channel|Switch|1/1|1/2|dynamic|system
exit"
set loc888 "show mac-address-table | i FastEthernet
exit"
set loces2 "show mac address-table | i Fa0
exit"
spawn ssh [lindex $argv 0]
expect "TACACS Password:"
send "$pw\r"
expect "#"
send "$ver\r"
expect {
"C3560-IPSERVICESK9-M" {
send "$loc3560\r"
exp_continue
}
"CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9" {
send "$locx\r"
exp_continue
}
"C3750E-UNIVERSALK9-M" {
send "$locx\r"
exp_continue
}
"CISCO888-SEC-K9" {
send "$loc888\r"
exp_continue
}
"bootflash:/cat4500e" {
send "$loc4500\r"
exp_continue
}
"SM-ES2-24" {
send "$loces2\r"
exp_continue
}
}
interact
expect "#"
send "exit\r"
end
From here I am then able to call my script and output it to a log file in my directory via:
./script.sh >> Results.log

Expect script return value

I'm including simple Expect commands within a Bash script (I know I could be just writing a pure Expect script, but I would like to get it to work from within Bash).
The script is below:
#!/bin/bash
OUTPUT=$(expect -c '
spawn ssh mihail911#blah.org
expect "password:"
send "dog\r"
')
Upon ssh'ing to the above address, it will return something of the form mihail911's password: on the prompt, so I think my expect line is valid.
When I run this my script does not print anything. It does not even show the password: prompt. In general, even if I manually provide an incorrect password, I will receive a Incorrect password-type response prompt. Why is nothing printing and how can I get my script to execute properly?
I have tried debugging by using the -d flag and it seems to show that at least the first expect prompt is being matched properly.
In addition, what values should I expect in the OUTPUT variable? When I echo this variable, it simply prints the first the first command of the expect portion of the script and then mihail911's password:. Is this what it's supposed to be printing?
Use:
#!/bin/bash
OUTPUT=$(expect -c '
# To suppress any other form of output generated by spawned process
log_user 0
spawn ssh dinesh#xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
# To match some common prompts. Update it as per your needs.
# To match literal dollar, it is escaped with backslash
set prompt "#|>|\\$"
expect {
eof {puts "Connection rejected by the host"; exit 0}
timeout {puts "Unable to access the host"; exit 0;}
"password:"
}
send "root\r"
expect {
timeout {puts "Unable to access the host"; exit 0;}
-re $prompt
}
send "date\r"
# Matching only the date cmd output alone
expect {
timeout { puts "Unable to access the host";exit 0}
-re "\n(\[^\r]*)\r"
}
send_user "$expect_out(1,string)\n"
exit 1
')
echo "Expect's return value: $?"; # Printing value returned from 'Expect'
echo "Expect Output: $OUTPUT"
Output:
dinesh#MyPC:~/stackoverflow$ ./Meric
Expect's return value: 1
Expect Output: Wed Sep 2 09:35:14 IST 2015
dinesh#MyPC:~/stackoverflow$

Remove send command from terminal output while keeping needed output

I am trying to create a script that will log onto a server, run some commands while providing information back to the user.
I can log onto the server fine using the script, my issue is the output I get back. My script is something like this:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/expect << SSHLOGIN
set timeout 600
spawn ssh user#myServer.com
expect {
"Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?" {
send "yes\n";exp_continue
}
Password: {
send "$2\n"
}
}
expect {
"# " {
send "echo \"Current Directory is:\" \n"
}
}
expect "# " {
send "pwd \n"
}
expect {
"# " {
send "exit \n"
}
}
wait
SSHLOGIN
& my output is as follows:
spawn ssh user#myServer.com
Password:
You have new mail.
DISPLAY set to user.myServer:0.0
# echo "Current Directory is:"
Current Directory is:
# pwd
/home/user/
The output I am trying to achieve is something like:
spawn ssh user#myServer.com
Password:
You have new mail.
DISPLAY set to user.myServer:0.0
Current Directory is:
/home/user/
I've tried using log_user 0/1, stty etc.. but I can't seem to get it right with those...
Any help would be appreciated.
The problem is that the std output of the spawned process includes both program output and sent commands, the latter just because of echoing from the remote device.
You could manipulate stdout via the log_user command, turning it off while still expecting & capturing, and printing out the output yourself via the "puts" command. Lastly re-enable, if at all needed. The below works because Expect does not read the echoed command until the expect command.
I can't test now so I'll leave you the regexp to match the pwd output (beware of prompts with current paths), but since the point of your question is not the regexp, I figure the following will do for you:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/expect << SSHLOGIN
set timeout 600
spawn ssh user#myServer.com
expect {
"Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?" {
send "yes\n";exp_continue
}
Password: {
send "$2\n"
}
}
expect {
"# " {
send "pwd \n"
log_user 0
expect -re "(include_here_between_the_parenthesis_a_regexp_that_matches_your_pwd_output)" {
puts "Current directory is: $expect_out(1,string)"
}
log_user 1
}
expect {
"# " {
send "exit \n"
}
}
wait
SSHLOGIN
As a last comment... why not change the top line to #!/usr/bin/expect and make this an expect script as opposed to a bash one with a here documnet (or whatever that was called)? It's almost pure expect code after all.
Let me know how that goes, and don't forget upvoting or marking the answer if it indeed helped. :-)

Code to count number of types of files on client in Unix

Hi I am new to shell scripting.
my requirement is:
There is one server & 3 clients. On each client error logs files are generated which are of 4 types.Say type 1 error , type 2 error like this type 4 error.
I want to write a script which read all the 3 clients from server & provide me number of times 4 different type of error logs are genereted on each client.
In short it should use ssh & grep command combination.
I have written the demo script but it's not providing me the number of times different type of logs occured on clients.
#error[1]='Exception: An application error occurred during an address lookup request, please contact IT'
#error[2]='SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out'
#error[3]='Exception: The search has produced too many matches to be returned'
#error[4]='Exception: No matching address found'
error_1='exception 1'
error_2='exception 2'
function get_list_of_clients()
{
NUM_OF_CLIENTS=$(wc -l ${CLIENT_IP_LIST} | awk -F " " '{ print $1 }' )
echo $NUM_OF_CLIENTS
if [ "${NUM_OF_CLIENTS}" -gt 0 ]
then
for ((row=2; row<=$NUM_OF_CLIENTS; row++))
do
CLIENTS_IP=$(sed -n ${row}p ${CLIENT_IP_LIST}| awk -F " " '{print $3 }')
echo ${CLIENTS_IP}
# get_number_of_errors
# copy_count_errors
echo ${$error_$row}
done
fi
}
function get_number_of_errors()
{
for((row_no=1; row_no<=4; row_no++))
do
{
/usr/bin/expect - <<- EndMark
spawn ssh root#${CLIENTS_IP} "grep $error[$row_no] var/error.log |wc -l" >> /tmp/${CLIENTS_IP}_error${row_no}.txt
match_max 50000
expect {
"*yes/no*" {
send -- "yes\r"
send -- "\r"
exp_continue
}
"*?assword:*" {
send -- "${CLIENT_PASSWORD}\r"
send -- "\r"
}
}
expect eof
EndMark
}
done
}
function copy_count_errors()
{
/usr/bin/expect - <<- EndMark
spawn scp root#${CLIENTS_IP}:/tmp/${CLIENTS_IP}* /tmp/
match_max 50000
expect {
"*yes/no*" {
send -- "yes\r"
send -- "\r"
exp_continue
}
"*?assword:*" {
send -- "${CLIENT_PASSWORD}\r"
send -- "\r"
}
}
expect eof
EndMark
}
get_list_of_clients
================================================================================
please help.
This is not really an answer, an attempt to help you getting your own.
The Problem
If I understand it correctly:
Your script runs on the server
You have three clients, each has log files
Your list of clients is in a file named $CLIENT_IP_LIST, where the IP is the third field and the first line is some sort of header, which you want to exclude.
Suggestions
It seems you need to ssh and scp to the clients. If possible, I suggest setting up SSH Public Key Authentication between your server and clients. This will greatly simplify your scripts.
Use the -C flag for compression with the scp and ssh commands.
You should copy the log files from the clients to the server and do processing on the server.
If you can choose a different scripting language such as Python, Tcl (You used Expect, which is really Tcl). Bash can handle your problem, but you will find other languages work better. This is my opinion, of course.
Get one piece of your puzzle to work before moving on to the next. For example, right now, your get_list_of_clients() function does not yet working.
That being said, here is a rewrite of get_list_of_clients, which I tested and it works within my assumptions about your $CLIENT_IP_LIST file:
function get_list_of_clients() {
let row=1
while read line
do
if (( row > 1 ))
then
set $line # Breaks line into pieces
CLIENT_IP="$3"
echo "$CLIENT_IP"
fi
let row=row+1
done < $CLIENT_IP_LIST
}

Run cat on remote computer and send output a variable using expect

I have a bash+expect script which has to connect via ssh to the remote comp (and i can't use ssh keys, need password identification in here), read the file there, find specific line with the "hostname" (like "hostname aaaa1111") and store this hostname into the variable to be used after while. How can i get the value of the "hostname" parameter? I thought that line content will be in $expect_out(buffer) variable (so i can scan it and analyze), but it's not. My script is:
#!/bin/bash
----bash part----
/usr/bin/expect << ENDOFEXPECT
spawn bash -c "ssh root#$IP"
expect "password:"
send "xxxx\r"
expect ":~#"
send "cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local |grep hostname \r"
expect ":~#"
set line $expect_out(buffer)
puts "line = $line, expect_out(buffer) = $expect_out(buffer)"
...more script...
ENDOFEXPECT
When i try to see line variable, i see only this: line = , expect_out(buffer) = (buffer) What is the right way to get the line from the file into the variable?
Or is it possible to open the file on the remote computer with expect, scan the file and get what i need to the variable?
Here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect there is an example:
# Send the prebuilt command, and then wait for another shell prompt.
send "$my_command\r"
expect "%"
# Capture the results of the command into a variable. This can be displayed,
set results $expect_out(buffer)
seems that it doesn't work in this case?
You might just want to try and do it all from expect, as expect can control bash.
The following should do what you've described. Not sure if this is exactly what you are trying to do.
#!/bin/sh
# the next line restarts using tclsh \
exec expect "$0" "$#"
spawn bash
send "ssh root#$IP\r"
expect "password:"
send "xxxx\r"
expect ":~#"
send "cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local |grep hostname \n"
expect ":~#"
set extractedOutput $expect_out(buffer)
set list [split $extractedOutput "\n"]
foreach line $list {
set re {(?x)
.*
(*)
-S.*
}
regexp $re $line total extractedValue
if {[info exists extractedValue] && [string length $extractedValue] > 1} {
set exportValue $extractedValue
break # We've got a match!
}
send "exit\r" # disconnect from the ssh session
if {[info exists exportValue] && [string length $exportValue] > 1}{
send "export VARIABLE $exportValue\r"
} else {
send_user "No exportValue was found - exiting\n"
send "exit\r"
close
exit 1
}
# now you can do more things in bash if you like

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