When running a script, Configuration Management defines several script variables that contain information necessary to execute the script's commands. For example, the CommandPrompt variable contains a pattern (i.e., string or regular expression) that describes the command prompt string used by the device. This pattern is used to detect when the device is prompting for a command. Several other variables are also defined. A complete list of all script variables affecting command execution are listed in the following table. Configuration Management's assigns default values to each of these variables. If a script author wants to override Configuration Management's default behavior, he or she may do so by re-defining one or more of these variables. For example, if a script wants to override the command prompt pattern used to run the script, it can re-define the CommandPrompt variable to contain the pattern of choice.

Name

Value

Meaning

Example

UserNamePrompt

String or regular expression

Pattern describing the username prompt displayed by the device when a user logs in

"login as:"

PasswordPrompt

String or regular expression

Pattern describing the password prompt displayed by the device when a user logs in

"password:"

CommandPrompt

String or regular expression

Pattern describing the command prompt displayed by the device when prompting the user for a command

/.+(#|>) /

MorePrompt

String or regular expression

Pattern describing the "more" prompt displayed by the device when displaying paged output

/--More--|--More--/

MoreResponse

String

String to be entered in response to a "more" prompt

""

LoginTerminator

String

Line termination sequence to be used with logging in

"\r\n"

CommandTerminator

String

Line termination sequence to be used when executing commands

"\n"