From 9ffa08951cfe55be735c9084211d4348ea5e8a8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chuck SmileyRekiere <chuck.smileyrekiere@candelatech.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 14:12:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] mux_client.py : added to lanforge-scripts from
 https://github.com/greearb/mux_serial

Signed-off-by: Chuck SmileyRekiere <chuck.smileyrekiere@candelatech.com>
---
 mux_client.py | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 mux_client.py

diff --git a/mux_client.py b/mux_client.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..75dacac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mux_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+'''
+NAME:
+mux_client.py
+
+PURPOSE:
+a client, used to interact with the connected serial port server mux
+
+EXAMPLE:
+./mux_client.py --host "local_host" --port 23200
+
+NOTES:
+
+    mux_client.py copied from https://github.com/greearb/mux_serial
+
+    Defaults:
+        _default_host = 'localhost'
+        _default_port = 23200
+
+'''
+
+import sys
+if sys.version_info[0] != 3:
+    print("This script requires Python3")
+    exit()
+
+import socket
+import argparse
+import telnetlib
+
+_default_host = 'localhost'
+_default_port = 23200
+
+
+class mux_client():
+    def __init__(self, host=_default_host, port=_default_port):
+        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = port
+        self.tn = None
+
+    def interact(self):
+        print(
+            "MUX > Connected to {host}:{port}".format(
+                host=self.host,
+                port=self.port))
+        print("MUX > Use ctrl+c to stop ..")
+
+        self.tn = telnetlib.Telnet(self.host, self.port)
+        try:
+            self.tn.interact()
+
+        except socket.error as e:
+            print('\nMUX > Socket error: %s' % e.strerror, file=sys.stderr)
+
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+            pass
+
+        finally:
+            self.close()
+
+    def start_telnet(self):
+        self.tn = telnetlib.Telnet(self.host, self.port)
+
+    def write_str(self, cmd):
+        cmd = cmd.encode('utf-8')
+        self.tn.write(cmd)
+
+    def read_lazy(self):
+        return self.tn.read_lazy()
+
+    def read_until(self, prompt):
+        byte_prompt = prompt.encode('utf_8')
+        info = self.tn.read_until(byte_prompt, timeout=5)
+        return info
+
+    def close_silent(self):
+        self.sock.close()
+
+    def close(self):
+        print('\nMUX > Closing...', file=sys.stderr)
+        self.sock.close()
+        print('MUX > Done! =)', file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+def main():
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog='mux_client.py',
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
+        epilog='''\
+        mux_client.py:
+            ''',
+
+        description='''\
+NAME:
+mux_client.py
+
+PURPOSE:
+a client, used to interact with the connected serial port server mux
+
+EXAMPLE:
+./mux_client.py --host "local_host" --port 23200
+
+NOTES:
+    Defaults:
+        _default_host = 'localhost'
+        _default_port = 23200
+
+        ''')
+    parser.add_argument('--host', help='Host', default=_default_host)
+
+    parser.add_argument('--port',help='Host port', type=int, default=_default_port)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    client = mux_client(host=str(args.host), port=int(args.port))
+    client.interact()
+
+    if not sys.flags.interactive:
+        client.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()