I have a pexpect script to walk through a cisco terminal server and I was hoping to get some help with this regex because I really suck at it.
This is the code: index = s.expect(['login: ', pexpect.EOF, pexpect.TIMEOUT]) if index == 0: m = re.search('((#.+\r\n){20,25})(\s.*)', s.before) #<---------- MY PROBLEM print m.group(3), print ' %s %s' % (ip[0], port) s.send(chr(30)) s.sendline('x') s.sendline('disco') s.sendline('\n') elif index == 1: print s.before elif index == 2: print print '%s %s FAILED' % (ip[0], port) print 'This host may be down or locked on the TS' s.send(chr(30)) s.sendline('x') s.sendline('disco') s.sendline('\n') This is attempting to match the hostname of the connected host using the output of a motd file which unfortunately is not the same everywhere... It looks like this: ######################################################################### # This system is the property of: # # # # DefNet # # # # Use of this system is for authorized users only. # # Individuals using this computer system without authority, or in # # excess of their authority, are subject to having all of their # # activities on this system monitored and recorded by system # # personnel. # # # # In the course of monitoring individuals improperly using this # # system, or in the course of system maintenance, the activities # # of authorized users may also be monitored. # # # # Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring # # and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible # # evidence of criminal activity, system personnel may provide the # # evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement officials. # ######################################################################### pa-chi1 console login: And sometimes it looks like this: ######################################################################### # This system is the property of: # # # # DefNet # # # # Use of this system is for authorized users only. # # Individuals using this computer system without authority, or in # # excess of their authority, are subject to having all of their # # activities on this system monitored and recorded by system # # personnel. # # # # In the course of monitoring individuals improperly using this # # system, or in the course of system maintenance, the activities # # of authorized users may also be monitored. # # # # Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring # # and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible # # evidence of criminal activity, system personnel may provide the # # evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement officials. # ######################################################################### pa11-chi1 login: The second one works and it will print out pa11-chi1 but when there is a space or console is in the output it wont print anything or it wont match anything... I want to be able to match just the hostname and print it out. Any ideas? Thanks, Jonathan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list