To remove trailing prompt from the output

[thamayanthi]

Iam trying to connect to the remote Linux machine from the Windows box using the Perl module use Net::Telnet.The following is the code,

[CODE=perl]use Net::Telnet;
$telnet = new Net::Telnet (Timeout=>10,Er rmode=>'die');
$telnet->open('hostname ');
$telnet->waitfor('/login: $/i');
$telnet->print('usernam e');
$telnet->waitfor('/password for tsom31: $/i');
$telnet->print('passwor d');

@r=$telnet->cmd('who');
print @r;[/CODE]
It gives the output as shown below,

who
login: Resource temporarily unavailable while getting initial credentials
Last login: Thu Mar  6 10:20:30 from 192.168.*.*
[tsom31@tsom31 ~]$ who
root     :0           Mar  4 07:35
root     pts/3        Mar  6 07:46 (192.168.*.*)
tsom31   pts/4        Mar  6 10:21 (192.168.*.*)
root     pts/2        Mar  6 07:29 (:0.0)
[tsom31@tsom31 ~]

From the output i should remove the Last Prompt
for ex:[tsom31@tsom31 ~]

please some one help me in this

Thanks in advance........ ..

Regard's
Thamayanthi

[nithinpes]

If you want to remove the last line in the output unconditionally , remove the last element of the array before printing it.

pop @r;
print @r;

If you want to remove last line only if it is a prompt,use:

pop @r if($r[$#r]=~/^\[.*\]$/);
print @r;

[thamayanthi]

Thank for your reply........

It's a wonderful solution!!!!

I have tried that command and it is working fine.

one more doubt i have is how to remove the first few lines of the same output
for ex:
who
login: Resource temporarily unavailable while getting initial credentials
Last login: Thu Mar 6 12:09:51 from 192.168.70.71
[tsom31@tsom31 ~]$ who

this need to be removed while printing.

please suggest me if you have any idea about this........... ...

Regard's,
Thamayanthi

[nithinpes]

Use shift to remove elements from begining of array. I am again assuming you want to remove lines from begining upto a line where you reach a prompt.

my $i=0;
shift @r until($r[$i++]=~/^\[/); ## delete lines upto prompt
shift @r; # delete line with prompt
pop @r if($r[$#r]=~/^\[.*\]$/);
print @r;

[thamayanthi]

Hi,

If i add the above code in the program it is taking long time to execute..I didn't get any output.

please help me in this.........



Regard's
Thamayanthi.

[nithinpes]

Hi,

If i add the above code in the program it is taking long time to execute..I didn't get any output.

please help me in this.........



Regard's
Thamayanthi.

How many lines does your output contain approximately? The code worked for me. If this doesn't work, post your most recent code(whole script).

@r=$telnet->cmd('who');
my $i=0;
shift @r until($r[$i++]=~/^\[/); ## delete lines upto prompt

pop @r if($r[$#r]=~/^\[.*\]$/);
print @r;

Regards,
Nithin