Dear Friends,

I'm using expect script for telnet. It works fine. But it echoes back the Password, which i send. I need to disable that echo. Here is my script

-----test1.sh---------------
#!/bin/sh
spawn telnet localhost 4212
expect "Password:"
exp_send "admin\n"
expect ">"
exp_send "del all\r"
expect ">"
exp_send "save /root/vod/vlcconf\r"
expect ">"
exp_send "exit\r"
expect ">"
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Following is the result of my script

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[root@front-end ~]# expect -f test1.sh
spawn telnet localhost 4212
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
Password:admin

Welcome, Master
> del all

> save /root/vod/vlcconf

> exit
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root@front-end ~]#
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In the above result, i want my password (i.e. admin) not to be displayed.

pls help me

I'm not familiar with Expect, but their documents seem promising. However, if you need security .. do you think telnet is a good choice?

I'm not sure if there's a way to null specific output...I know when my dad writes his Expect scripts for server maintenance, there's next to no output. Try adding "log 0" up near the top of your script.