How to properly handle commands that prompt for additional information?

[exlr8in]

copy = ("copy running-config flash:7777777")
copy_output = connection.send_command(copy, expect_string=r'Destination filename', read_timeout=15)
print(copy_output)

more_command = ("more flash:7777777")
more_output = connection.send_command(more_command, expect_string=r'#', read_timeout=15)
print(more_output)

DEBUG:netmiko:write_channel: b'copy running-config flash:7777777\n'
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: copy
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel:  
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: runn
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: in
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: g-
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: c
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: on
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: fig 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: f
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: lash:
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 777
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 7
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 777
DEBUG:netmiko:Pattern found: (copy\ running\-config\ flash:\7777777) copy running-config flash:7777777
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 

DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: Destination filename [7777777]? 
DEBUG:netmiko:write_channel: b'more flash:7777777\n'
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: more
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel:  flas
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: h:
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 77777
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 77

DEBUG:netmiko:Pattern found: (more\ flash:\7777777) more flash:7777777
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: %Warning:There is a file already existing with this name 
Do you want to over write? [confirm]
DEBUG:netmiko:read_channel: 

[ktbyers]

@exlr8in You need to post your code also.

[exlr8in]

(edited post) see top of post

[ktbyers]

You are not properly handing your first command:

copy = ("copy running-config flash:7777777")
copy_output = connection.send_command(copy, expect_string=r'Destination filename', read_timeout=15)
print(copy_output)

That command prompts you for more information:

Destination filename [7777777]? 

So you would need to code Netmiko to handle all of that additional prompting. Here is one solution for that:

https://pynet.twb-tech.com/blog/netmiko4-send-multiline.html

There is also send_multiline_timing

[exlr8in]

Genius, Thank You for the boost:

blah = 23232323

copy = [
    [f"copy running-config flash:/{blah}.src", r"Destination filename"],
    ["\n", r""],
]
copy_output = connection.send_multiline(copy)

more = [
    [f"more flash:/{blah}.src", r"#"],
    ["\n", r""],
]
more_output = connection.send_multiline(more)

connection.save_config()

with open(f"{blah}.txt", "a") as file1:
    file1.write(f"{copy_output}\n {more_output}\n")