expect script question

[hom]

I'm trying to write an expect script to get some data off a cisco content switch. I telnet to the switch and get logged in no problem. Where I run into difficulty is after issuing a command

send -- "show service summary\r"

This command will return a hundred or so lines with data that is different from run to run. Every 24 lines (depending on terminal size) it will prompt "--More---" at which point I need to send a space to get the next page of data. I need to continue sending spaces at the "--More---" prompt until I get back to my shell prompt.

I've tried a number of solutions but I get the same behavior each time. I see the first 24 lines and the "--More---" prompt, but I'm hung at that point.

Can anyone offer a way to ignore the lines of data, sending spaces when seeing "--More---", until getting my prompt back "CS11503# "?

[Mudgen]

Been there. Send the IOS command
terminal length 0
in exec mode first.

[thenewbe]

What type of data are you needing from the Cisco?

[goedsole]

Just in case you consider perl an alternative I did a pretty big project reading many routers to collect usage data using the following module from CPAN ~joshua/Net-Telnet-Cisco-1.10/Cisco.pm

Worked great.

[hom]

Thanks all, especially greyhairweenie. "terminal length 0" did not work for me, but "no terminal more" worked great.

thenewbe, I am getting the state of each service from the content switch, and writing a custom alarm to alert if a service has been suspended for more then an hour.