Automation

Hi,

I am unable get the output from below script from the vm remotely. please help.

If I execute the command directly on the vm, I get the desired output but i am unable to get the output from grep command in the output

please help!!

$script = @"
GREEN=$'\e[0;32m'
RED=$'\e[0;31m'
NC=$'\e[0m'

echo ""
echo "${GREEN}Checking centrifydc.conf for 3 parameters exists :: account1 - account2 - account3"
echo ""
grep -n -i "account1\|account2\|account3" --color=always /etc/centrifydc/centrifydc.conf
echo ""
echo ""
echo "${GREEN}Checking sudoers file for 4 parameters exists :: account1 - account2 - account3 - #Defaults requiretty"
echo ""
grep -n -i "account1\|account2\|%account3\|#Defaults requiretty" --color=always /etc/sudoers
"@

$Username = 'root'
$pass = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText 'password' -Force
$Cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $Username,$pass
Import-Csv -Path "D:\MyVM.csv" -UseCulture -PipelineVariable row |
ForEach-Object -Process {
try {
$session = New-SSHSession "192.168.1.100" -Credential $Cred -AcceptKey -ErrorAction Stop
$connected = $session.Connected
$result = Invoke-SSHCommand -SSHSession $session -Command $script -Verbose
$result.Output.Replace("`r`n",'|').Split('|').Where{$_ -ne ''}
Remove-SSHSession $session -Verbose | Out-Null
}
catch {
$connected = $false
$result = ''
}
}

I am getting the output from echo command but not from grep command

Is anything returned when you simplify your grep command?

Does the grep command return anything when you run it locally in the Guest OS?

LucD,

When I simplify and run the command, I am getting the output in the OS

[root@BMAS ~]# grep "account1\|account2\|account3\|#Defaults requiretty" /etc/sudoers
%account1 ALL=(ALL) ALL
account2 ALL=(ALL) ALL
account2 ALL=(ALL) ALL
#Defaults requiretty

And via SSH?

LucD,

yes via ssh, I am getting the above output but through the script, grep is not working

I mean, do you get any output from the simplified grep command when you execute it via Invoke-SshCommand?

Looks like this is a known 'feature' of the grep command.
A simple solution seems to be to pipe the grep output to awk.
Works for me

That worked...thank you very much LucD