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I use plink to retrive CISCO device information with SSH, it work very well for single command, but I couldn’t get device information if I use a command file, I use plink to connect to a device, run some commands, send the output to a text file on my local system, and exit.

Here is my command line:
plink.exe -ssh myuserid@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -pw mypassword -m C:\tmp\commands.txt > C:\tmp\Output.txt

Here is command file – commands.txt file
term length 0
sh ip int br
sh int status
exit

Here is the result in Output.txt file
Line has invalid autocommand “term length 0
sh ip int br
sh int status
exit

I modified the command line to use a comamnd string to instead of command file as following:
plink.exe -ssh myuserid@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -pw mypassword “term length 0 ; sh ip int br ; sh int status ; exit” > C:\tmp\Output.txt

I can run the command without any error, but I only can retrive the information for the first command in command string, it means I only can retrive device information for ‘term length 0’

please give me some advice, your help will be appreciated. Thanks

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  1. just guessing: I have plink but have not had the pleasure of aquaintance:

    plink.exe -ssh myuserid@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -pw mypassword “term length 0 > C:\tmp\Output.txt ; sh ip int br >> C:\tmp\Output.txt; sh int status >> C:\tmp\Output.txt; exit”

    another possibility:
    plink.exe -ssh myuserid@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -pw mypassword -m “C:\tmp\commands.txt” > C:\tmp\Output.txt
    or:
    (plink.exe -ssh myuserid@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -pw mypassword -m C:\tmp\commands.txt) > C:\tmp\Output.txt

    as you can see, the piping must be attached to the correct process, or you get garbage. All subprocesses need to be coralled/collected into the final output. Sometimes quotes work, sometimes () works. I’m not expert here, Lol!

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