send_command returns incomplete output

ex:

device = {'device_type':'cisco_ios'...
shell = ConnectHandler(**device)
shell.enable()
out = shell.send_command("write memory")
print(out)

returns:

Building configuration…

but the full output should be:

Building configuration… Compressed configuration from 543610 bytes to 149342 bytes[OK]

I tried a bit of a hack-around like so:

out = shell.send_command(self.args.cmd, max_loops=500)
out += shell.read_until_prompt()

which returns:

Building configuration… Compressed configuration from 543610 bytes to 149342 bytes[OK] my_host#

with the prompt at the end.

Is there a better way to collect all of the output from send_command before it returns, or is using a read_until method the correct solution? I guess i’m also a bit confused because “show version” returned a big multi-line block of output without any trouble.

[lundybernard]

README.md has been updated to show this solution. closing issue.

[ktbyers]

Sure.

Kirk

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Lundy Bernard [e-mail] wrote:

@ktbyers https://github.com/ktbyers thanks! send_command_expect() took care of the problem, and its now working as expected.

Mind if I add that to the examples in README.md?

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