Using pexpect to play with network appliances e.g. netscaler

netscaler_pexpect.py

import pexpect
child = pexpect.spawn ('ssh [email protected] -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no')
child.expect ('Password:')
child.sendline('mysupersecret\n')
child.expect ('.*>')
child.sendline ('show Hostname\n')
child.expect('>')
print child.before
child.expect('>')
child.sendline ('set HostName EDGE-Device\n')
child.expect('>')
print child.before
child.sendline ('show Hostname\n')
child.expect('>')
child.sendline ('save config')
child.expect('>')
child.sendline ('quit\n')