How to monitor the output of IPMI SOL for a particular word, then echo a phrase?

Asked Jun 09 '19 at 01:29

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I am trying to find a way to monitor IPMI SOL output for a particular word/phrase, then echo something.

Basically, I am wanting to create a script that can be passed a list of server names, will loop through each of them, open an IPMI SOL session, and look for the word "login:", then close the session. If the word is found, I plan to echo something like "$server is available for login".

Is monitoring the output of IPMI SOL for a script possible? Is it possible to use a script to send keystrokes to SOL (because sometimes SOL doesn't refresh the pane unless enter is pressed)? I apologize for asking what may be a trivial question, but my experience with IPMI is limited.

asked Jun 09 '19 at 01:29

nuker186

Task like this can be usually solved easily with expect: https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index – Zaboj Campula Jun 11 '19 at 13:01
Is there a way to do this without expect? – nuker186 Jun 14 '19 at 00:33
Sure there is a way, but with expect it is much easier. – Zaboj Campula Jun 14 '19 at 09:42

How to monitor the output of IPMI SOL for a particular word, then echo a phrase?

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