Python how to read output from pexpect child?

Question

child = pexpect.spawn (\'/bin/bash\')
child.sendline(\'ls\')
print(child.readline())
print child.before, child.after

All I get with this code in my

Answer 1

I think all you need is:

p = pexpect.spawn('ls')
p.expect(pexpect.EOF)
print(p.before)

or

p = pexpect.spawn('/bin/ls')
p.expect(pexpect.EOF)
print(p.before)

or

p = pexpect.spawn('/bin/bash -c "ls"')
p.expect(pexpect.EOF)
print(p.before)

or even

print(pexpect.run('ls'))