Python run shell command and emulate user input

Question

How can i from a python script emulate user data like:

Say i run os.system('grunt init:gruntfile'), and i want the python script automatically to 'enter' some data, so instead of the user inputs the data that the shell command asks for, the python script enters some data hard-coded in the script?

Hope my question makes sense and that someone can help. Thank you in advance, adam

AKX · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-29 12:13:08Z

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pexpect will probably fit your bill if plain old subprocess doesn't.

From the pexpect site:

For example::

child = pexpect.spawn('scp foo [email protected]:.')
child.expect ('Password:')
child.sendline (mypassword)

answered Apr 29, 2012 at 12:13

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