Use python subprocess module like a command line simulator

Question

I am writing a test framework in Python for a command line application. The application will create directories, call other shell scripts in the current directory and will outpu

Answer 1

Instead of using plain subprocess you might find Python sh library very useful:

http://amoffat.github.com/sh/

Here is an example how to build in an asynchronous interaction loop with sh:

http://amoffat.github.com/sh/tutorials/2-interacting_with_processes.html

Another (old) library for solving this problem is pexpect:

http://www.noah.org/wiki/pexpect