[rancid] clogin with command file - special signs

[alligator94]

Dear all,



I would like to use the command "clogin -x file.txt device-name" to add a
snmp configuration in a lot of cisco devices. The community string includes
the characters !@$ and the clogin command is rejected.

I also have tried to use the -c option and to quote the commands, but I get
the same error message



ex :

clogin -x "conf t ; snmp-server community rrr!@$ooo RW my_acl; end; wr; q"
device_name



I get the message :



-su !@$ooo event not found





Is there a workaround ?



Thanks

Gilles

[Chris Gauthier]

Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:21 AM
Subject: [rancid] clogin with command file - special signs
Dear all,
I also have tried to use the -c option and to quote the commands, but I get the same error message
Is there a workaround ?
Thanks
Gilles

I believe you can escape those characters or put them inside a single-quote to make it a more literal translation. I have given examples of both below. I think that option 1 will probably work better, but don't hold me to that.

1) clogin -x "conf t ; snmp-server community rrr\!\@\$ooo RW my_acl; end; wr; q" device_name
2) clogin -x 'conf t ; snmp-server community rrr!@$ooo RW my_acl; end; wr; q' device_name

Chris

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[Chris Gauthier]

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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [rancid] clogin with command file - special signs

Post by Chris Gauthier
end; wr; q" device_name

I did not even consider that the first time. Escaping special characters is not one of my strong points in the shell. I'm constantly having to tweak my grep strings for that very reason. Also, please post to the list next time so everyone can benefit from the knowledge. I know when you hit "Reply" that is not the default behavior, but the knowledge transfer is very useful.

Chris

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[Trix Farrar]

Post by Chris Gauthier
I believe you can escape those characters or put them inside a
single-quote to make it a more literal translation. I have given
examples of both below. I think that option 1 will probably work
better, but don't hold me to that.

I haven't tested either, but I don't think either of your examples
will work. As I sent to OP, there are two levels of escaping that
need to be done. I belive the correct approach will be to combine
both of your examples by using single quotes on the command line -- to
keep the shell from catching the '@' and '$' (and backslashes) -- and
backslash escaping the special characters to keep the Tcl interprater
from seeing them before they can be passed to the device. This
yields:

3) clogin -x 'conf t ; snmp-server community rrr\!\@\$ooo RW my_acl; end; wr; q' device_name

(reposted to the list, by request)

[alligator94]

thanks all for your help.
I have added the backslashes(even before "ooo") and it works fine now :

rrr\!\@\$\ooo


Regards,
Gilles



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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:21 AM
Subject: [rancid] clogin with command file - special signs
Dear all,
I would like to use the command "clogin -x file.txt device-name" to add a

snmp configuration in a lot of cisco devices. The community string includes

I also have tried to use the -c option and to quote the commands, but I get

the same error message
device_name

Is there a workaround ?
Thanks
Gilles

I believe you can escape those characters or put them inside a single-quote
to make it a more literal translation. I have given examples of both below.
I think that option 1 will probably work better, but don't hold me to that.

1) clogin -x "conf t ; snmp-server community rrr\!\@\$ooo RW my_acl; end;
wr; q" device_name
2) clogin -x 'conf t ; snmp-server community rrr!@$ooo RW my_acl; end; wr;
q' device_name

Chris

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