import os import time import sys import telnetlib #connect to shelf tn = telnetlib.Telnet('10.213.253.33') #login tn.read_until('Username:') tn.write('ADMIN\n') tn.read_until('Password:') tn.write('PASSWORD\n') #look for the prompt tn.read_until('>') tn.write('enable\n') tn.read_until('#') tn.write('term len 0\n') tn.read_until('#') tn.write('show version\n') a = tn.read_until('#') print a