send '%' in cut command (linux)

Question

I am wring a script using VBScript. This script needs to run in CMD and connect to a system with Linux OS. I need to use the cut command to take a specific number. When I am trying to send % via the script it sends .

Any ides?

This is the code:

oShell.SendKeys "cat /tmp/dftemp1.txt | cut -d'%' -f1 > /tmp/dftemp2.txt"

When I use my code in secureCRT it's working. When I copy the line and paste manually in CMD line it's working too. It's not working when trying to run it automatclly.

Answer 1

When in doubt, read the documentation .

The SendKeys method uses some characters as modifiers of characters (instead of using their face-values). This set of special characters consists of parentheses, brackets, braces, and the:

plus sign + ,
caret ^ ,
percent sign % ,
and tilde ~

Send these characters by enclosing them within braces "{}". For example, to send the plus sign, send the string argument "{+}".

Change this:

oShell.SendKeys "cat /tmp/dftemp1.txt | cut -d'%' -f1 > /tmp/dftemp2.txt"

into this:

oShell.SendKeys "cat /tmp/dftemp1.txt | cut -d'{%}' -f1 > /tmp/dftemp2.txt"

Or , use something like plink (from the PuTTY suite ), so you don't need to fiddle around with SendKeys in the first place.

plink user@host "cat /tmp/dftemp1.txt | cut -d'%' -f1 > /tmp/dftemp2.txt"