Hello Uwe, You can use whatever you want for prompt. For exemple, you can use a (unique) sequence like:
PS1="#HELLO WORLD123456789#>" export PS1 So if you receive the string (with a '\n' a #HELLO WORLD123456789#> after your command, that means the command is finished. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Uwe Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Pierre, > > thanks for your answer. > Yes, I did what you mention. But it's not "really" solving my issue. The > problem I face is that the devices I attach to can have the "#" or ">" > characters maintained in a user welcome messages when logging in. E.g., the > following welcome message is displayed when logging on to the device: > ############################################ > Welcome at "hostname". In case of any issues contact Uwe > ############################################ > > How can one distinguish the "#" character when used in a comment and when > used to indicate the prompt? > > Another problem could occur when somebody would redirect stdout of a Unix > system to a file, e.g.: > ls -l > output_list.txt > > Any ideas? > > Thanks and best regards, > Uwe > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: "Pierre Brico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Gesendet: 03.06.08 11:11:37 > > An: "Commons Users List" <user@commons.apache.org> > > Betreff: Re: [Telnet] how to determine the prompt? > > > > Hello Uwe, > > > > Did you try to change the command prompt before executing the command. > You > > just should send commands to the shell like this: > > > > PS1="#>" > > export PS1 > > > > And you will get the "#>" as prompt. > > > > Pierre > > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Uwe Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I'm looking for a solution to a problem that bothers me for quite some > time > > > now and I hope somebody here can help me out. > > > I'm using the telnet api to connect to various systems, which works > fine. > > > The problem I face is, how can I determine that a command has run to > its > > > end if there is no static "prompt" character like "#" or ">", but > > > dynamically changing prompt characters? > > > > > > I have read through the Telnet specification but couldn't find anything > > > that deals with this kind of problem. But surely there must be a > solution to > > > this. I have found another thread in this mailing list concerning a > similar > > > issue, posted by: Anthony Webster Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:54:35 GMT. > > > Unfortunately none has answered it yet. > > > > > > Thanking in advance, > > > U.F. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > Jeden Monat 1 hochkarätiger maxdome-Blockbuster GRATIS! > > > Exklusiv für alle WEB.DE Nutzer. http://www.blockbuster.web.de > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 30 Tage > kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
