Verify a file exists over ssh

Question

I am trying to test if a file exists over SSH using pexpect. I have got most of the code working but I need to catch the value so I can assert whether the file exists. The c

Answer 1

I have worked the solution that will do me. The code is below:

def VersionID(): 

    ssh_newkey = 'Are you sure you want to continue connecting' 
    # my ssh command line 
    p=pexpect.spawn('ssh service@10.10.0.0') 

    i=p.expect([ssh_newkey,'password:',pexpect.EOF]) 
    if i==0: 
        p.sendline('yes') 
        i=p.expect([ssh_newkey,'password:',pexpect.EOF]) 
    if i==1: 
        p.sendline("word") 
        i=p.expect('service@main-:') 
        p.sendline("cd /opt/ad/bin") 
        i=p.expect('service@main-:') 
        p.sendline('[ -f email_tidyup.sh ] && echo "File exists" || echo "File does not exists"') 
        i=p.expect('service@main-:') 
        assert True 
    elif i==2: 
        print "I either got key or connection timeout" 
        assert False 


        results = p.before # print out the result
        print results
        value = results.split('"')[8]
        split_value = value.split('\r\n')[1:-1]
        self.assertEquals(split_value, ['File exists'])

This extracts the value from 'p' in a string format. I then split the string up to get the string 'File Exists' into a list and compare it to the response I am looking for. If the File does not exists the test will fail.

Thanks for all the help.