# Connect to the host
client.connect(hostname=hostname, username=username, password=password)

# Create a client interaction class which will interact with the host
interact = SSHClientInteraction(client, timeout=10, display=True)
interact.expect(prompt)

# Run the first command and capture the cleaned output, if you want the output
# without cleaning, simply grab current_output instead.
interact.send('uname -a')
interact.expect(prompt)
cmd_output_uname = interact.current_output_clean

# Now let's do the same for the ls command but also set a timeout for this
# specific expect (overriding the default timeout)
interact.send('ls -l /')
interact.expect(prompt, timeout=5)
cmd_output_ls = interact.current_output_clean

# To expect multiple expressions, just use a list.  You can also selectively
# take action based on what was matched.

# Method 1: You may use the last_match property to find out what was matched
interact.send('~/paramiko_expect-demo-helper.py')
interact.expect([prompt, 'Please enter your name: '])
if interact.last_match == 'Please enter your name: ':
    interact.send('Fotis Gimian')
    interact.expect(prompt)

# Method 2: You may use the matched index to determine the last match (like pexpect)
interact.send('~/paramiko_expect-demo-helper.py')
found_index = interact.expect([prompt, 'Please enter your name: '])
if found_index == 1:
    interact.send('Fotis Gimian')
    interact.expect(prompt)

# Send the exit command and expect EOF (a closed session)
interact.send('exit')
interact.expect()

# Print the output of each command
print '-'*79
print 'Cleaned Command Output'
print '-'*79
print 'uname -a output:'
print cmd_output_uname
print 'ls -l / output:'
print cmd_output_ls

# Connect to the host
client.connect(hostname=hostname, username=username, password=password)

# Create a client interaction class which will interact with the host
interact = SSHClientInteraction(client, timeout=10, display=False)
interact.expect(prompt)

# Send the tail command
interact.send('tail -f /var/log/auth.log')

# Now let the class tail the file for us
interact.tail(line_prefix=hostname+': ')