[rancid] rancid : how to filter clogin -x or -c outcome

[alligator94]

Thanks for the info. 
I would need some help as I am unable to make par(1) work.
My tests run on a test system.
In the same directory as clogin, I have created a file named "infile" which
contains the command to run. It contains 2 lines
# ( to indicate that the next one is a command)
clogin  -c "show users" hostname

Then I run ./par infile. Nothing happens but 3 empty log files are
created(par.log....)
I have tried different combinations without success.

I have not found any sample except the one coming with the man page which
doesn't help me.

Regards,
Gilles

-----Original Message-----
From: heasley [mailto:heas at shrubbery.net] 
Sent: lundi 20 avril 2015 18:13
To: alligator94
Cc: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: [rancid] rancid : how to filter clogin -x or -c outcome

Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 09:35:30AM +0200, alligator94:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I very often use clogin -x or clogin -c to perform mass configuration 
> updates. My concern is that clogin doesn't analyze the outcome of the 
> command passed with -x or -d, so there is no easy way to know if the 
> command has been successfully accepted by the device . For instance, 
> some old cisco ios don't accept some commands.
> 
> I have tried to use the clogin debug (-d) option, but it generates a 
> huge amount of lines. I have also tested to open a log file (I am 
> using teraterm) before running clogin, then to do a search but, it is 
> not really easy because each time that you find an error condition, 
> you need to look backward in the file to know which host the error message
reports to.

Would par(1) help?

> I have also looked at the -s option but it looks complex to me.
> 
>  
> 
> What would be nice to have is a way to pass a file  to clogin as a 
> parameter which would contain a list of keyword that you want to be 
> extracted from the outcome.
> 
> I am thinking to some words like :
> 
> "Invalid"
> 
> "Error"
> 
> "timeout"

extracted from the rest of the o/p in what manner?

> If some of them are trapped during the clogin run, then they could be 
> stored in a file $hostname_date_time.err.log

I think par(1) would indeed help you here.  you could egrep the stuff you
want to extract (or awk, etc).

>  
> 
> Maybe there is an easy way to do it but I am not skilled with expect. 
> 
> Any help or comment is welcomed.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gilles
> 

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