2.3. Execution Steps - Quick Show Output

Import the necessary function from module:

from netoolkit.capture_it import quick_display

Set Authentication Parameters (Format=dictionary):

auth = {
    'un':'provide username' ,
    'pw':'provide login password',
    'en':'provide enable password'
}
## Make sure to use static passwords. Refrain using OTP, as ID may get locked due to multiple simultaneous login.

Provide Device ip (Format=string):
```
ip = '192.168.100.1'
```

Command(s) to capture (valid Formats=string,list,tuple,set):

# Option 1:  Provide the a single show command
cmds = 'show version'

# Option 2:  Provide a list/set of show commands (if multiple)
cmds = ['show version', 'show lldp neighbor']

Start:

quick_display(ip=ip, auth=auth, cmds=cmds, wait=1)    ## wait argument (integer), number of seconds

Important

Parameters

ip ip address of device (str)
auth authentication Parameters (dict)
cmds list of commands (str, iterable).
wait number of seconds to be wait before reading output stream. (increase value if output is lengthy) ( default=3 seconds )