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SSH Commands to Cisco Switch

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Demonstrates how to establish an SSH session with a Cisco switch (or something similar) and send commands in a device console session. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oSsh = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Ssh")

$bSuccess = $oSsh.Connect("172.16.16.100",22)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Authenticate using login/password:
$bSuccess = $oSsh.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Start a shell session.
Local $iChannelNum = $oSsh.QuickShell()
If ($iChannelNum < 0) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; If the CISCO switch returns a prompt with "#", then read until we get the prompt.
; (It's not actually required that we do this, but it helps to know that all is OK at this point..)
$bSuccess = $oSsh.ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($iChannelNum,"#","utf-8",True)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Show what we received so far:
ConsoleWrite($oSsh.GetReceivedText($iChannelNum,"utf-8") & @CRLF)

; Send a "show clock" command.
$bSuccess = $oSsh.ChannelSendString($iChannelNum,"show clock" & @LF,"utf-8")

; Read the output to the next interactive prompt.
$bSuccess = $oSsh.ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($iChannelNum,"#","utf-8",True)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite($oSsh.GetReceivedText($iChannelNum,"utf-8") & @CRLF)

; Send another command and get the output, and so on...
$bSuccess = $oSsh.ChannelSendString($iChannelNum,"some other command" & @LF,"utf-8")
$bSuccess = $oSsh.ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($iChannelNum,"#","utf-8",True)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSsh.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite($oSsh.GetReceivedText($iChannelNum,"utf-8") & @CRLF)

$oSsh.Disconnect