On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:54 AM, ashwini yal <ashwini...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing a python script which logs into the machine using pxssh, sends
> a command, reads the response and writes the response to the file.
>
> But, when I open the file in the editor like vi, its showing special
> characters like ^M and ^[[D instead of spaces or newlines.
>
> This is how my code looks like ...
>
> s = pxssh.pxssh()
> s.login(ip, username, password)
>
> cmd = 'xyz'
> s.sendline (cmd)
> s.prompt()
> output = s.before
> fileWrite = open(filePath , 'wb')
> fileWrite.write(output)
> s.prompt()
>
>
> This is how my filePath looks like when I open it using vi editor.
>
> Starting command execution on host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
>
> D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^M
>
> Command executed successfully ^M
>
> Executing next command ...^M
>
>
I don't know what's going with the ^[[D, but ^M is a carriage return. Your
connection is returning CRLF ("\r\n") for the line endings (which is what
Windows uses for line endings) instead of the Unix line ending, which is
just a line feed "\n".
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