# expect module hangs **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 6, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912 "2018-03-06T17:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dokuwa/32/1471_2.png) [@DOkuwa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DOkuwa)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/1 "2018-03-06T17:15:12Z")
Hello I have a config to copy config to a tftp server but with the expect module it just hangs no error it logs it successful with telnet( I can see it in the logs) but does not copy ( I have tested it manually with ftp) please tell me where I am going wrong ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/2 "2018-03-06T18:06:14Z")
Probably due to an unexpected output? Also you might want to try the telnet module to communicate directly. ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/3 "2018-03-06T19:19:30Z")
It looks like you are trying with levels of responses, that is not supported. prompt bellow is also called question as in the documentation. - expect:     command: tel...     responses:       prompt-1: answer-1       prompt-2: answer-2       prompt-3:         - answer-3         - answer-4       prompt-4:         - anser-5 When an prompt appears more than once you need a list of answers like prompt-3 about, the first time it sees prompt-3 expect will respond with answer-3, the nest time it sees prompt-3 it will respond with answer-4. The prompt/question is regex, so all regex special character like ()? need to be escaped if you have those character in that in the prompt. It you don't get it working with this you need to provide the complete output when you do this manually. ---
**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dokuwa/32/1471_2.png) [@DOkuwa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DOkuwa)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/4 "2018-03-07T10:26:32Z")
thanks when I run this I also get error message after amending the yaml script ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/5 "2018-03-07T11:38:40Z")
You can only have one command: in expect. If command is a prompt its not correctly indented. And one prompt can only be listed once, the different responses is a list to that prompt. If you would like more help you \_need\_ to provide the complete output when you do this task manually, without it this is futile. ---
**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dokuwa/32/1471_2.png) [@DOkuwa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DOkuwa)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/6 "2018-03-07T11:40:19Z")
Hi, I have just done this manually on the switch and it worked User Access Verification Username: admin Password: POD2\_C3560#copy running-config ftp: Address or name of remote host ? 10.241.11.237 Destination filename [pod2\_c3560-confg]? Writing pod2\_c3560-confg !! 8063 bytes copied in 1.108 secs (7277 bytes/sec) POD2\_C3560# Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/7 "2018-03-07T12:33:56Z")
I think you forgot the exit at the end, so I included it.    - name: run show command via Telnet using the expect module      expect:        command: telnet 10.101.250.12        responses:          Username: admin          Password: xxxxx          POD2\_C3560#:            - copy running-config ftp            - exit          Address or name of remote host \[\]\?: 10.241.11.237          Destination filename \[.\*\]\?: '' The '' is the same as just pressing enter. I have escaped ? with backslash since they are character with meaning in regex. Since the prompt POD2\_C3560# comes up two times this is a list with the responses. ---
**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dokuwa/32/1471_2.png) [@DOkuwa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DOkuwa)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-hangs/26912/8 "2018-03-07T17:40:57Z")
Hi, A big thanks you it worked Very Much appreciated