How to execute the commands in the Terminal using robot framework?

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I want to execute the below commands in the Terminal using Robot Framework step by step. Any advice on how to go about it?

 1. ssh -o ProxyCommand\='ssh -W %h:%p xx.xx.xx.xx' xx.xvb.xyz.wq
 2. password
 3. sudo su - pentaho
 4. cd pentaho/design-tools/data-integration/
 5. sh kitchen.sh -file\=/ebs/pentaho/history/etljob.kjb

Why do you want to use RF for this? What are you trying to achieve? — pavelsaman
– pavelsaman, Commented Jun 17, 2020 at 7:48
That's a nice question. I am trying to automate end to end flow of my Database testing. Step 1 - I add test data in UI Step 2 - I run ETL jobs (Trying to achieve with above commands) Step 3 - Run regression queries in Database (Using RF DB Libs) — Dilip
– Dilip, Commented Jun 17, 2020 at 8:11

pavelsaman · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 14:53:24Z

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You can try using Process library.

Keyword like Run Process seems promising:

*** Settings ***
Library    Process     

*** Test Cases *** 
Python Tiny Program
    ${result} =     Run Process     python    -c    print('Hello, world!') 
    Log    ${result.stdout}

${result} will be an object, you can use various properties like stdout, stderr, rc and others. It's described in the official doc.

answered Jun 17, 2020 at 14:53

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Dilip Over a year ago

Thanks for your advice. But I am not seeing the Result output of ${result.stdout}. It shows empty in my case.

pavelsaman Over a year ago

Well, you can't interact with a shell in this way, so if you're expecting to get an interactive shell e.g. for login, this is not a good approach. And you'll see an output only for those commands that actually output something to the stdout etc.

Dilip Over a year ago

So in order to execute the below commands, is this a correct way? ${Result}= Run Process python -c ssh -o ProxyCommand\='ssh -W %h:%p xx.xx.xx.xx' xx.xx.xx.xx Sleep 5s ${pwd1}= Run Process python -c 123xxx567 ${sudo}= Run Process python -c sudo su - pentaho

pavelsaman Over a year ago

No, that's definitely not the right way. My answer was an example, you need to adapt it to your problem, I showed you the tools you might need for that. Run Process takes a shell command, I used python just as an example, you probably want to add the name of your script there. But as I said, you can't access an interactive shell like this, so typing your username and password is out of the question.

Dilip Over a year ago

Thanks for correcting me! So how can I achieve above commands, by typing my username and password? Any advice?

Hemjal · Accepted Answer · 2024-04-11 11:36:45Z

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You can run a terminal command like this:

*** Settings ***
Library    Process     

*** Test Cases *** 
Shell Program Testing
    ${result} =     Run Process     echo My name is Khan shell=true
    Log To Console    ${result.stdout}

answered Apr 11, 2024 at 11:36

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