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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+##
+## Zebra interactive console
+## Copyright (C) 2000 Vladimir B. Grebenschikov <vova@express.ru>
+##
+## This file is part of GNU Zebra.
+##
+## GNU Zebra is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+## Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+## later version.
+##
+## GNU Zebra is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with GNU Zebra; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+## Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+## Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+use Net::Telnet ();
+use Getopt::Std;
+
+#use strict;
+
+my $host = `hostname -s`; $host =~ s/\s//g;
+my $port = 'zebra';
+my $server = 'localhost';
+
+# Check arguments
+&getopts ('l:e:czborh');
+
+&usage () if $opt_h;
+
+# main 
+{
+  my $login_pass = $opt_l || $ENV{ZEBRA_PASSWORD} || 'zebra';
+  my $enable_pass = $opt_e || $ENV{ZEBRA_ENABLE} || '';
+
+  my $port = ($opt_z ? 'zebra' : 0) ||
+	     ($opt_b ? 'bgpd' : 0) ||
+             ($opt_o ? 'ospfd' : 0) ||
+	     ($opt_r ? 'ripd' : 0) || 'zebra';
+
+  my $cmd = join (' ', @ARGV);
+
+  my $t = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10,
+			   Prompt  => '/[\>\#] $/',
+			   Port    => $port);
+
+  $t->open ($server);
+
+  $t->cmd ($login_pass);
+  if ($enable_pass) {
+      $t->cmd (String => 'en',
+	       Prompt => '/Password: /');
+      $t->cmd ($enable_pass);
+  }
+  $t->cmd ('conf t') if "$opt_c";
+
+  if ($cmd)
+    {
+      docmd ($t, $cmd);
+      exit (0); 
+    }
+
+  my $prompt = sprintf ("%s%s# ", $host,
+			($port eq 'zebra') ? '' : "/$port");
+
+  print "\nZEBRA interactive console ($port)\n\n" if -t STDIN;
+
+  while (1)
+    {
+      $| = 1;
+      print $prompt if -t STDIN;
+      chomp ($cmd = <>);
+      if (!defined ($cmd))
+        {
+	  print "\n" if -t STDIN;
+	  exit(0);
+        }
+      exit (0) if ($cmd eq 'q' || $cmd eq 'quit');
+ 
+      docmd ($t, $cmd) if $cmd !~ /^\s*$/;
+    }
+
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+sub docmd
+{
+  my ($t, $cmd) = @_;
+  my @lines = $t->cmd ($cmd);
+  print join ('', grep (!/[\>\#] $/, @lines)), "\n";
+}
+
+sub usage
+{
+  print "USAGE: $0 [-l LOGIN_PASSWORD] [-e ENABLE_PASSWORD] [-z|-b|-o|-r|-h] [<cmd>]\n",
+        "\t-l - specify login password\n",
+        "\t-e - specify enable password\n",
+        "\t-c - execute command in configure mode\n",
+        "\t-z - connect to zebra daemon\n",
+        "\t-b - connect to bgpd  daemon\n",
+        "\t-o - connect to ospfd daemon\n",
+        "\t-r - connect to ripd  daemon\n",
+        "\t-h - help\n";
+  exit (1);
+}