Rex::He...::Expect(3)

hiii bestie 💖 welcome to the manual page for Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect, aka Rex::He...::Expect(3) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation. buckle up, we're doing Unix group-chat style 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect — An Expect like module for Net::SSH2 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this module gives you expect like features for Net::SSH2 ✨ this is the first version of this module (first-version energy fr fr), and bugs go to GitHub: https://github.com/krimdomu/net-ssh2-expect 🐛💖

🦋 DEPENDENCIES 🦋

• Net::SSH2 — yep, that's the one, bestie 💜

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

        use Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect;

        my $exp = Rex::Helper::SSH2::Expect->new($ssh2);
        $exp->spawn("passwd");
        $exp->expect($timeout, [
                         qr/Enter new UNIX password:/ => sub {
                                                 my ($exp, $line) = @_;
                                                 $exp->send($new_password);
                                               }
                       ],
                       [
                         qr/Retype new UNIX password:/ => sub {
                                                 my ($exp, $line) = @_;
                                                 $exp->send($new_password);
                                               }
                       ],
                       [
                         qr/passwd: password updated successfully/ => sub {
                                                         my ($exp, $line) = @_;
                                                         $exp->hard_close;
                                                       }
                       ]);

👑 CLASS METHODS 👑

these are the methods, bestie — no cap, they're all here 🎀

🌱 new($ssh2)

Constructor: you need to parse an connected Net::SSH2 Object. 💅

📝 log_stdout(0|1)

Log on STDOUT. turn it on with 0 or 1, and it logs on STDOUT ✨

🎀 log_file($file)

Log everything to a file. $file can be a filename, a filehandle or a subRef. 🍓

🚀 spawn($command, @parameters)

Spawn $command with @parameters as parameters. 💥

🌈 soft_close()

Currently only an alias to hard_close(); — that's the whole vibe rn 🫶

🛑 hard_close();

Stops the execution of the process. periodt. 💀

🔥 expect($timeout, @match_patters)

This method controls the execution of your process. yes, @match_patters is spelled exactly like that — iykyk 💅

💌 send($string)

Send a string to the running command. slay. 👑

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