Introducing PTCL CLI: Control PTCL Routers via Command Line

Introducing PTCL CLI#

You can use ptcli to perform following actions via command line

• Reboot the router
• Check Router’s system info
• Check Router’s uptime
• Check ADSL info
• Check & calculate ADSL SNR

Installation#

Open command line terminal (I prefer iTerm2) and run the following command.

sudo wget -qO ptcli https://git.io/vPtPS && sudo chmod +x ./ptcli && sudo install ./ptcli /usr/local/bin/ptcli

This command will perform the following actions:

• Use sudo permissions
• Use wget to download PTCL-CLI and rename it to ptcli
• Make the ptcli executable
• Install ptcli inside /usr/local/bin/ folder.

Usage#

️ Usage: ptcli [ -c |--config ], [ -h | help ] ️ – [ -h | help ] Use help

• [ -c | --config ] Use config data, if so configure the three variables ‘host_address’, ‘username’, and ‘password
• [ -r | --reboot ] Quick reboot, dependant on ‘–config’ param.”

Here’s a complimentary GIF.

Why was PTCL CLI Created?#

I am a command line junkie and it is too much work for me to go sign in and reboot the router or get the line parameters when I need to. So, I built this CLI and now with a bunch of aliases, I am able to perform these actions within a single command.

Environment#

I have built this CLI using Mac. It needs to be run on Bash or ZSH based shell.

Beta software! Use at your own risk.

Changelog#

1.0.0 (2016-10-01)#

• First version
• NEW: Reboot the router [ 1 | reboot ]
• NEW: Router’s system info [ 2 | sysinfo ]
• NEW: Router’s uptime [ 3 | uptime ]
• NEW: ADSL info [ 4 | adsl_info ]
• NEW: ADSL SNR check [ 5 | adsl_snr ]
• NEW: Exit [ 6 | exit | q ]

License#

MIT License. This script has no official affiliation with PTCL.