Run command with a Variable

[ss18]

trying to add a variable to my script, and having no luck. the telnet window opens and say's it's trying to connect to $host, and not the IP address. when i replace the $host with the IP it works fine. Unless i'm defining it wrong, but it looked correct based on the example!

$host = "127.0.0.1"
Run ("telnet.exe $host")

[Jos]

Run ("telnet.exe " & $host)

[PsaltyDS]

By putting it inside the quotes, you made it a literal string instead of a variable. Try:

Run ("telnet.exe " & $host)

Jos the speed typist beat me to it!

Edited October 5, 2010 by PsaltyDS

[ss18]

thanks! i knew it had to be something simple

[dwerf]

A antother possiblity:

Opt('ExpandVarStrings', 1)
$host = "127.0.0.1"
Run ("telnet.exe $host$")

[ss18]

can you use variables with ControlSend? like

$host = "127.0.0.1"
$wintitle = "Telnet 127.0.0.1"

Run ("telnet.exe " & $host)

ControlSend ("$wintitle", "", "", "enable{ENTER}")

[Jos]

can you use variables with ControlSend? like

$host = "127.0.0.1"
$wintitle = "Telnet 127.0.0.1"

Run ("telnet.exe " & $host)

ControlSend ("$wintitle", "", "", "enable{ENTER}")

Loose the double quotes around the variable name. Think you need to do a little reading in the helpfile first to pick some of the basics.

Jos

[ss18]

yeah, i'm trying to read through it, making some progress on my own, but also hitting a few issues!

thanks for the help!

[ss18]

while i'm reading more if anyone has any other help. the $wintitle works perfect, but it won't pass the $server IP, it just shows up at "$server".

$server = "192.168.200.1"
$host = "127.0.0.1"
$wintitle = "Telnet 127.0.0.1"

Run ("telnet.exe " & $host)

ControlSend ("$wintitle", "", "", "enable{ENTER}")
ControlSend ("$wintitle", "", "", "$server {ENTER}")

[AdmiralAlkex]

$server doesn't work for the same reason $wintitle doesn't work. The quotes make it a string, so remove them!

[ss18]

got it, and i had to put ENTER on it's own line!