Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect(3pm)

Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect3pm

An expect like module for net::ssh2

Usage

 use Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect;
 my $exp = Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect->new($ssh2);
 $exp->spawn("passwd");
 $exp->expect($timeout, [
                  qr/Enter new UNIX password:/ => sub {
                                          my ($exp, $line) = @_;
                                          $exp->send($new_password);
                                        }
                ],
                [
                  qr/Retype new UNIX password:/ => sub {
                                          my ($exp, $line) = @_;
                                          $exp->send($new_password);
                                        }
                ],
                [
                  qr/passwd: password updated successfully/ => sub {
                                                  my ($exp, $line) = @_;
                                                  $exp->hard_close;
                                                }
                ]);

Overview

This is a module to have expect like features for Net::SSH2. This is the first version of this module. Please report bugs at GitHub <https://github.com/krimdomu/net-ssh2-expect>

Dependencies

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Net::SSH2

Class methods

new($ssh2)

Constructor: You need to parse an connected Net::SSH2 Object.

log_stdout(0|1)

Log on STDOUT.

log_file($file)

Log everything to a file. $file can be a filename, a filehandle or a subRef.

spawn($command, @parameters)

Spawn $command with @parameters as parameters.

soft_close()

Currently only an alias to hard_close();

hard_close();

Stops the execution of the process.

expect($timeout, @match_patters)

This method controls the execution of your process.

send($string)

Send a string to the running command.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13

From rex 1.16.0-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.