Using Telnet in Python

To make use of Telnet in Python, we can use the telnetlib module.

Using Telnet in Python

To make use of Telnet in Python, we can use the telnetlib module.

That module provides a Telnet class that implements the Telnet protocol.

The Telnet module have several methods, in this example I will make use of these:
read_until, read_all() and write()

Telnet Script in Python

Let’s make a telnet script

import getpass
import sys
import telnetlib

HOST = "hostname"

user = raw_input("Enter your remote account: ")

password = getpass.getpass()

tn = telnetlib.Telnet(HOST)

tn.read_until("login: ")

tn.write(user + "\n")

if password:
    tn.read_until("Password: ")
    tn.write(password + "\n")

tn.write("ls\n")

tn.write("exit\n")

print tn.read_all()

At ActiveState you can find more Python scripts using the telnetlib,
for example this script.

For more information about using the Telnet client in Python, please see the
official documentation.