Any good tool(s) for Automating remote logging.

Question

I need to write a script, that can automate few things:

a) telnet to a router

b) issue configuration commands.

c) check for status(success/error)

What language/framework should I use?

I only know about "expect".

What are other better alternatives?

Answer 1

If you don't want to use expect, you're probably going to end up using some more standard scripting language which is less specifically well-suited to the task. If you get into that realm, the proper answer is "anything you feel comfortable with", be that bash, python, or whatever else.

It's a pretty general problem, so use whatever produces an easy-to-maintain system.