Merge pull request #1187 from chidanandpujar/start_shell_onbox_shell_…

…type_fix1

fix for issue #1186

lib/jnpr/junos/utils/start_shell.py

@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ def __init__(self, nc, timeout=30, shell_type="csh"):
         self.shell_type = shell_type
 
     def write_stdin(self, stdin, data):
-        while True:
-            stdin.write(six.b(data))
-            stdin.flush()
+        stdin.write(data.encode("utf-8"))
+        stdin.flush()
 
     def wait_for(self, this=_SHELL_PROMPT, timeout=0, sleep=0):
         """
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ def send(self, data):
         """
         if self.ON_JUNOS is True:
             data += " && echo ']]>]]>' \n"
-            self._chan.stdin.write(data)
+            self._chan.stdin.write(data.encode("utf-8"))
             self.t = Thread(target=self.write_stdin, args=(self._chan.stdin, data))
             self.t.daemon = True  # thread dies with the program
             self.t.start()