Scripting telnet commands..

[bledd]

Anyone got a nice way to script telnet commands, either through a 3rd party program or using a bat file.

Currently, I've got it going through a VBS using this method


create a batch to connect to telnet and run a script to issue commands ? source

Batch File (named Script.bat ):
:: Open a Telnet window
start telnet.exe 192.168.1.1
:: Run the script
cscript SendKeys.vbs
Command File (named SendKeys.vbs ):

set OBJECT=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WScript.sleep 50
OBJECT.SendKeys "mylogin{ENTER}"
WScript.sleep 50
OBJECT.SendKeys "mypassword{ENTER}"
WScript.sleep 50
OBJECT.SendKeys " cd /var/tmp{ENTER}"
WScript.sleep 50
OBJECT.SendKeys " rm log_web_activity{ENTER}"
WScript.sleep 50
OBJECT.SendKeys " ln -s /dev/null log_web_activity{ENTER}"
WScript.sleep 50
OBJECT.SendKeys "exit{ENTER}"
WScript.sleep 50
OBJECT.SendKeys "


But if you click anywhere else, the command runs on the open window, not on the CMD prompt. Quite a problem when I'm running this on ~50 telnet clients.

It runs flawlessly if I leave the mouse alone, but it would be nice to have it foolproof

Thanks

 

[marc2003]

try autohotkey? don't ask me how to use it though...

http://www.autohotkey.com/

 

[sadbuttrue]

I doubt you can sendkeys to the cmd prompt unless it is the active window.

I'd suggest WinSCP:

http://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting

 

[lurkio]

Tera Term is great to telnet stuff
I have used it before to script stuff for telnet/comm port sessions

http://logmett.com/index.php?/download/tera-term-478-freeware.html

 

[bledd]

Found a PERFECT tool for the job.

http://support.moonpoint.com/downloads/windows/network/Telnet/tst10.php

So simple to use, load the commands into a text file and it does the rest.

servername
WAIT "login"
SEND "enterusernameherem"
WAIT "Password"
SEND "enterpasswordhere\m"
WAIT ">"
SEND "entercommands\m"
WAIT ">"
SEND "lo"


save that as say switch.txt

then you run

tst10 /r:switch.txt

that's it!