Capture DOS/PuTTY output - StdoutRead just working the first time

[Yaerox]

Hey guys,

 

I want to use Putty/Plink to connect on a remote computer via SSH because I need to execute a couple commands there. So I researched a couple days now and tried like 20 different ways to get this running but I'm still failing. Maybe a little description what my script should do:

 

#Edit: Short version: I need to use StdoutRead to get the DOS command promt output MORE THAN ONCE! The first time is working, but I need to get this the whole time till I say stop ^^

 

I want to start Putty/Plink and connect via SSH on a remote computer AND I wanna check if there is anything wrong going on or not, because the next step would be the execution of an perl-script on the remote computer which is giving an output text while running. That means I'd like to be able to read out the Putty-Window/Plink-Console the whole time ... I'm actual just getting the text-output after connecting.

 

Maybe a little example of what I'm expecting in some kind of mixed "AutoIt/Pseudo -Code":

 

#include <Constants.au3>
Local $iPID = Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\putty.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD', @ScriptDir, @SW_SHOW, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

 

Actual Putty-Window is popping up showing me:

Using username "root".
Linux COMPUTERNAME 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 23:57:18 UTC 2010 i686
 
To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/
 
  System information as of Mo 13. Jan 15:01:50 CET 2014
 
  System load:  0.0               Processes:           77
  Usage of /:   47.5% of 9.15GB   Users logged in:     1
  Memory usage: 9%                IP address for eth2: HOST
  Swap usage:   0%
 
  Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/
 
Last login: Mon Jan 13 14:58:43 2014 from XXX.X.X.XXX
root@COMPUTERNAME:~#

 

Now I'd like to do

ControlSend($hWindow_Putty, '', '', 'perl -w /some/dir/script.pl{ENTER}')

 

If I'd do this on my on with Putty I'd now see something like:

 

Using username "root".
Linux COMPUTERNAME 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 23:57:18 UTC 2010 i686
 
To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/
 
  System information as of Mo 13. Jan 15:01:50 CET 2014
 
  System load:  0.0               Processes:           77
  Usage of /:   47.5% of 9.15GB   Users logged in:     1
  Memory usage: 9%                IP address for eth2: HOST
  Swap usage:   0%
 
  Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/
 
Last login: Mon Jan 13 14:58:43 2014 from XXX.X.X.XXX
root@COMPUTERNAME:~# perl -w some/dir/script.pl
some text written by the script.pl
some text written by the script.pl
some text written by the script.pl
root@COMPUTERNAME:~#

 

And that's what my problem is. I need to be able to check this output of the script like "some text written by the script.pl" because I may not execute a following statement if this one didn't succeed. In my thoughts the first step should show me what I got in the first code-box above, and the second output should be

perl -w some/dir/script.pl
some text written by the script.pl
some text written by the script.pl
some text written by the script.pl
root@COMPUTERNAME:~#

but I dont get this working ...

 

So I found many threads about Plink. I tried the whole thing with Plink...

 

Local $sData = ''
Local $iPID = Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD', @ScriptDir, @SW_SHOW, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
 
While True
    $sData &= StdoutRead($iPID)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    Sleep(25)
WEnd
 
ConsoleWrite("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR & _
$sData & @CR & _
"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR)

 I'm getting the following output:

Linux COMPUTERNAME 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 23:57:18 UTC 2010 i686
 
To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/
 
  System information as of Mo 13. Jan 15:35:53 CET 2014
 
  System load:  0.0               Processes:           77
  Usage of /:   47.5% of 9.15GB   Users logged in:     1
  Memory usage: 9%                IP address for eth2: HOST
  Swap usage:   0%
 
  Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/
 
Last login: Mon Jan 13 15:23:36 2014 from MY_IP_ADRESS

 

In comparison to the Putty window-output I'm missing here the 

root@COMPUTERNAME:~#

line ... anyway, I don't get this Plink thing doing more then just connecting ... no more executions I'm getting done ...

 

I also tried something like:

#RequireAdmin
#include <Constants.au3>
 
Local $sData = ''
Local $iPID = ShellExecute(@ComSpec, '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD', @ScriptDir, '', @SW_SHOW)
 
Local $hWindow = WinWait('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe', '', 5)
ConsoleWrite("WinWait: " & $hWindow & @CR)
If $hWindow = 0 Then Exit
ConsoleWrite("WinActivate: " & WinActivate('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe') & @CR)
ConsoleWrite("WinActive: " & WinActive('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe') & @CR)
 
Sleep(1000)
ConsoleWrite(ControlSend('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe', '', '', '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD{ENTER}') & @CR)
 
;StdinWrite($iPID, '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD' & @CRLF)
;StdinWrite($iPID)
 
While True
    $sData &= StdoutRead($iPID)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    Sleep(25)
WEnd
 
ConsoleWrite("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR & _
$sData & @CR & _
"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR)

but unfortunately I dont get anything out of it ...

 

Maybe a last more example ... I found this on Stackoverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19206834/command-prompt-and-autoit-stdinwrite)

Thats my code after reading that article:

#include <Constants.au3>
 
Local $data
Local $pid = Run("C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe",@SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDIN_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
StdinWrite($pid,"cd C:\users\username")
StdinWrite($pid,@CRLF)
;~ StdinWrite($pid)
 
Sleep(2000)
 
$data &= StdoutRead($pid)
ConsoleWrite("Debug:" & $data & @LF)
 
$data = ''
 
StdinWrite($pid,"cd C:\Program Files (x86)")
StdinWrite($pid,@CRLF)
StdinWrite($pid)
 
$data &= StdoutRead($pid)
ConsoleWrite("Debug:" & $data & @LF)

but the second output still empty...

 

Can you guys please help me out?

Thanks in advice.

Regards.

Edited January 13, 2014 by MikeWenzel

[wakillon]

May be like this ?

#Include <Constants.au3>

$sData = ''
$sStderrRead=''
$sStdoutRead=''
$iPid = Run ( '"' & @ProgramFilesDir & '\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD', '', @SW_SHOW, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

While ProcessExists ( $iPid )
    $sStderrRead = StderrRead ( $iPid )
    If Not @error And $sStderrRead <> '' Then
;~      ConsoleWrite ( "! STDERR read : " & $sStderrRead & @Crlf )
    EndIf
    $sStdoutRead = StdoutRead ( $iPid )
    If Not @error And $sStdoutRead <> '' Then
        $sData &= $sStdoutRead
;~      ConsoleWrite ( "+ STDOUT read : " & $sStdoutRead & @Crlf )
    EndIf
;~   Sleep(25)
Wend

ConsoleWrite("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR & _
$sData & @CR & _
"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR)

[Yaerox]

Sorry for not replying 2 days. I was pretty busy in school ...

Well your script is showing me exactly what I already got:

Linux COMPUTERNAME 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 23:57:18 UTC 2010 i686
 
To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/
 
  System information as of Mo 13. Jan 15:35:53 CET 2014
 
  System load:  0.0               Processes:           77
  Usage of /:   47.5% of 9.15GB   Users logged in:     1
  Memory usage: 9%                IP address for eth2: HOST
  Swap usage:   0%
 
  Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/
 
Last login: Mon Jan 13 15:23:36 2014 from MY_IP_ADRESS

 

 

Besides the fact that I got no idea how I should be able to use plink like this because the window is closing (if not running from command-prompt) which means I cant execute statements after connection ...

Anyone any idea? :/

 

[Yaerox]

Got this running....I'll post the solution later, first I have to get my application finished now ...

#Edit: Solution (Console.au3 helped me to get this done):

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Local $iPID = Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh -pw PASSWORD USER@HOST:PORT', "", @SW_HIDE, 7)
For $i = 0 To 3
Local $iTimeout = WinWait("C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe", "", 10)
If $iTimeout <> 0 Then
ExitLoop
Else
If $i = 3 Then Exit
EndIf
Next
 
$iRval = __PlinkExpect($iPID, "USER@")
If $iRval = 0 Then
MsgBox(48, "", 'PuTTY - Es konnte keine erfolgreiche verbindung aufgebaut werden.')
Exit
EndIf
StdinWrite($iPID, "WHATEVERUWANT" & @CR)
 
ProcessClose($iPID)
 
Func __PlinkExpect($iPlink_PID, $sPlink_Match, $iTimeout = 30000)
Local $sText
Local $iRval
Local $iTimer = TimerInit()
Local $iTimerDiff
 
While 1
$iTimerDiff = TimerDiff($iTimer)
If $iTimerDiff > $iTimeout Then Return 0
 
$sText = StdoutRead($iPlink_PID)
$iRval = StringRegExp($sText, $sPlink_Match)
If $iRval = 1 Then ExitLoop
 
Sleep(100)
Wend
 
Return 1
EndFunc
Func _PlinkExpect($iPlink_PID, $sPlink_Match)
Local $iRvl = 0
 
While 1
$iRval = __PlinkExpect($iPlink_PID, $sPlink_Match)
If $iRval = 1 Then ExitLoop
 
Sleep(10000)
WEnd
EndFunc

Edited January 17, 2014 by MikeWenzel

[domagaj]

Hi, 
Last 2 weeks I have searched many forums and i haven't found the answer for the question:
How to get all command output to Putty title?
Needed it for AutoIT to know when some jobs on a server is done and is it done right or wrong. Plink stdout and stdin wasn't working, I used many tweaks with wait delays and for some commands they worked and for others not. XSEL and XCLIP couldn't be installed on that server.

So here is the solution:
1. Get command output in a file.
2. Echo that file to title.

on putty client and suse server it looks like this:

ls /home | grep domagaja > logautoit.txt 
echo -e "\033]0\\;$(cat logautoit.txt)\\007\\c"

Hopefully someone will be able to use this. It won't work for all server types and putty client settings, of course, but the idea should work well.
Best
Jacek