[plug] multiple commands in a single ssh connection

[Daniel Pittman]

"Adam Hewitt" <ahewitt at theozhewitts.com> writes:

> I have tried most of what has been suggested already which leads me to
> believe that its something to do with the remote host....which I
> should have specified as being Cisco switches.

Well, that /is/ useful information: the interpretation of the command
sent is up to the "default shell" on the server side, which means that
whatever Cisco provide as the CLI is what you get.

For that, Except or some other tool able to issue commands and wait for
the response is likely good, except ...

> Basically I have a bunch of large modifications to do to the network I
> am working on which require a lot of planning (read: auditing) and I
> don't want to be chasing down mac addresses and such one at a time
> automatically. I also want to be able to push config changes to the
> switches in bulk which requires a series of commands in a single ssh
> session.

... are you sure that you wouldn't be better using one of these tools
for managing this stuff, both of which are designed to provide central
management and auditing of router configuration?

Regards,
        Daniel

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