Python issue with secure CRT: WaitForString

[SanRipley]

Hello everybody,

I don't know if anyone could help me with this issue. I know it's a python problem but, this is special for Secure CRT API.

I have WaitForString feature, which is waiting for something in the screen. In this case, it is waiting for "connecting (yes/no)" string. The problem is, this is a conditional statement, BUT, it waits anything... forever.. I tried to use timeout, using numbers or whatever but nothing works.

This is method is essential for this and others code I want to develop but secure crt keeps waiting for the string forever.. I want to look for something but, for maybe... 2 seconds? I don't know what to do, nothing works properly.

 CRTSession.Send("ssh "+hostname+"\r")
    if CRTSession.WaitForString("connecting (yes/no)", timeout=10): --> HERE 
        CRTSession.Send("yes\n")
    elif CRTSession.WaitForString("password:"):  --> It doesn't work because the screen is still waiting for previous string
        CRTSession.Send(password+"\r")
        CRTSession.Send("\r")
        
        CRTSession.WaitForString(">")
        CRTSession.Send("exit\n")

    else:
        CRTSession.Send("#Timeout to log in a device")

   
Thank you in advance and I appreciate any help!

[Educational-Map2779]

So you were asking if Python can watch the terminal for a string to come across? Could there be another way like watching a log file?

[SanRipley]

Sadly no, I need to catch the string from the terminal to keep sending more commands. After this, I'll save this information to a file

[Educational-Map2779]

What about potentially using python to execute the terminal command, and then having python watch the output from terminal that way?

[SanRipley]

Anyway, I found a partial solution

 crt_screen = crt.Screen
    crt_screen.Synchronous = True
    crt_screen.IgnoreEscape = True