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+#
+# Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""
+vOLT-HA Test Case Utils module
+"""
+import time
+import os
+import commands
+import subprocess
+import pexpect
+   
+def configDirs(self, logDir, rootDir = None, volthaDir = None):
+    self.dirs ['log'] = logDir
+    self.dirs ['root'] = rootDir
+    self.dirs ['voltha'] = volthaDir
+    
+def getDir(self, Dir):
+    return self.dirs.get(Dir)
+    
+def removeLeadingLine(logDir, logFile):
+    with open(logDir + '/' + logFile, 'r+') as file:
+        lines = file.readlines()
+        file.seek(0)
+        lines = lines[1:]
+        for line in lines:
+            file.write(line)
+        file.truncate()
+        file.close()      
+
+def send_command_to_voltha_cli(logDir, cmd, logFile):
+    vcliIp = extractIpAddr('vcli')
+    print (vcliIp)
+    print (cmd)
+    output = open(logDir + '/' + logFile, 'w')
+    child = pexpect.spawn('ssh -p 5022 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no voltha@' + vcliIp)
+    child.expect('[pP]assword:')
+    child.sendline('admin')
+    child.expect('\((\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}voltha(\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}\)')
+    time.sleep(5)
+    bytes = child.sendline(cmd)
+    child.expect('\((\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}voltha(\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}\)')
+    print (child.before)
+    output.write(child.before)
+    output.close()
+    removeLeadingLine(logDir, logFile)
+    child.close()
+
+def send_command_to_onos_cli(logDir, cmd, logFile):
+    onosIp = extractIpAddr('onos-ssh')
+    print (onosIp)
+    output = open(logDir + '/' + logFile, 'w')
+    child = pexpect.spawn('ssh -p 8101 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no karaf@' + onosIp)
+    
+    child.expect('[pP]assword:')
+    child.sendline('karaf')
+    child.expect('(\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}onos>(\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}')
+    child.sendline('flows')
+    child.expect('flows')
+    child.expect('(\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}onos>(\\x1b\[\d*;?\d+m){1,2}')
+
+    output.write(child.before)
+    
+    output.close()
+    child.close()
+
+def parseFields(statusLine):
+    statusList = statusLine.split("|")
+    return statusList
+
+def extractIpAddr(podName):
+    proc1 = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/kubectl', 'get', 'svc', '--all-namespaces'],
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    proc2 = subprocess.Popen(['grep', '-e', podName], stdin=proc1.stdout,
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    proc3 = subprocess.Popen(['awk', "{print $4}"], stdin=proc2.stdout,
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                            
+    proc1.stdout.close
+    proc2.stdout.close
+    out, err = proc3.communicate()
+    return out
+    
+def extractPodName(shortPodName):
+    proc1 = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/kubectl', 'get', 'pods', '--all-namespaces'],
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    proc2 = subprocess.Popen(['grep', '-e', shortPodName], stdin=proc1.stdout,
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    proc3 = subprocess.Popen(['awk', "{print $2}"], stdin=proc2.stdout,
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                      
+                      
+    proc1.stdout.close
+    proc2.stdout.close
+    out, err = proc3.communicate()
+    return out
+