Expect Scripts for Cisco routers

aadeoye · ‎02-26-2008

Does anyone know where I can get Expect scripts for Cisco routers.

I read in an article that there were a few on Cisco's FTP server but I was not able to find anything.

Thanks in advance for your help.

yjdabear · ‎02-26-2008

Here's the only Expect script I find on cisco's site, for CatOS no less:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/477/SNMP/move_files_images_snmp.html

To paraphrase a post I saw somewhere recently: Before you look for Expect, check out Rancid: http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/.

Incidentally, I'm [almost] done writing an Expect script to pull IOS configs (still have an undiagnosed problem with CatOS) via telnet/SSH without having "copy running [tftp|scp|ftp|etc.]" command authorization.

aadeoye · ‎02-26-2008

I will have a look at Rancid as well.

Apparently, about 4 years ago, the following scripts were on ftp.cisco.com: ciscologin (for loading router names and passwords from a file), ciscoexec (feeds EXEC commands to routers via TELNET) and ciscoconfig (configures routers).

Are these still available?

Collin Clark · ‎02-26-2008

Weird, I can't find them either.

Collin Clark · ‎03-19-2008

I found them! They're under the EEM now.

http://forums.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/EEM?page=search_results&fn=search&catId=0&count=20&skip=0&sortBy=3&order=DESC&mode=browse

HTH