What is ForEachBox?

ForEachBox is a scripting and automation tool for various Cisco devices. It supports the command line interface of the Cisco Nexus, IOS and ASA series. It is implemented as a Java GUI and requires the Plink tool that is included in PuTTY.
It features command macros, which allow Expect-Send clauses and dynamic parameters in commands. Results can be saved to files or condensed in data collections.

Usage:

Download the Putty software and copy it to a new directory. Download the ForEachBox application and copy to the directory with the Putty Plink files. You need the JRE 1.4 or later installed on your machine to run it. If the JAR file doesn't start, when you click on it, you might need to start it with the following command line.

javaw -jar ForEachBox.jar

License:

ForEachBox is copyright 2012 Volker Semken.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL SIMON TATHAM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Disclaimer:

ForEachBox is an automation tool, which can change settings of many devices at one click. Special care should be taken using this software and the test option be considered. I shall not be held responsible for any harm or damage caused by this software, including system or network outages, costs for restoring to a previous state or damage to the management systems. This software is provides as-is, use at your own risk.

The following is the legal warning quote from the PuTTY web site

LEGAL WARNING: Use of PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink is illegal in countries where encryption is outlawed. I believe it is legal to use PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink in England and Wales and in many other countries, but I am not a lawyer and so if in doubt you should seek legal advice before downloading it. You may find this site useful (it's a survey of cryptography laws in many countries) but I can't vouch for its correctness.

Downloads:

ForEachBox package Plink, Java file and documentation (900kB)


ForEachBox Java application Version 1.0.3 (140kB)

ForEachBox EXE file Version 1.0.3 (160kB)

ForEachBox Docmentation in PDF format (450kB)

Plink executeable and source version 0.62 (140kB)