tests: cli wrapper should return string

[vpp.git] / test / vpp_papi_provider.py

diff --git a/test/vpp_papi_provider.py b/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
index d80f2ed..297c159 100644 (file)
--- a/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
+++ b/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
@@ -369,8 +369,7 @@ class VppPapiProvider(object):
         :param cli: CLI to execute
         :returns: CLI output
         """
-        return cli + "\n" + self.cli(cli).encode('ascii',
-                                                 errors='backslashreplace')
+        return cli + "\n" + self.cli(cli)
 
     def want_ip4_arp_events(self, enable_disable=1, ip="0.0.0.0"):
         return self.api(self.papi.want_ip4_arp_events,