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NetCI

Redirecting NetCI Input and Output

NetCI allows you to easily redirect input and output instead of using

$STDIN and $STDLIST. You redirect input through script ﬁles and

output through log ﬁles. Figure 8-3 shows NetCI installed on node K

with input and output passing through a virtual terminal conﬁgured on

the remote nodes. Commands are transmitted over network

connections through VT and are executed on the remote nodes. This

ﬁgure shows that the script ﬁle contains the input, while the log ﬁle

contains the output.

Scripting and logging may be used separately or simultaneously. When

you use the scripting and logging operational modes, NetCI redirects

the input and output.

The input is redirected from the keyboard to the script ﬁle and the

output is redirected from the terminal screen to the log ﬁle. The

different modes of operation are:

• Scripting only (input from script ﬁle and output to screen)

• Logging only (input from keyboard and output to log ﬁle and screen)

• Scripting and logging (input from script ﬁle and output to log ﬁle and

not to screen)

• No scripting and logging. (interactive session where input is from

keyboard and output is to screen)

Figure 8-3 Redirecting Input and Output