Python_telnet_script_file_io

README.md

This python (2.7) script reads credentials and input from input.txt file for telnet test and generates the telnet output to output.txt

make sure to modify the input.txt file accordingly for proper _ip-address_, _user_ and _password_.

input.txt

_ip-address_
_user_
_password_
ls
exit

telnet-test.py

import getpass
import sys
import telnetlib

infile = open("input.txt","r")
outfile = open("output.txt","w")

HOST = infile.readline()
user = infile.readline()
password = infile.readline()

tn = telnetlib.Telnet(HOST)

tn.read_until("login: ")
tn.write(user + "\n")
if password:
    tn.read_until("Password: ")
    tn.write(password + "\n")

while True:
    line = infile.readline()
    if not line:
        break
    tn.write(line)

outfile.write(tn.read_all().decode('ascii'))

infile.close()
outfile.close()