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Pexpect makes Python a better glue for controlling child applications.
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Pexpect is a pure Python module for spawning child applications;
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controlling them; and responding to expected patterns in their
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output. Pexpect works like Don Libes' Expect. Pexpect allows your
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script to spawn a child application and control it as if a human were
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typing commands.
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Pexpect can be used for automating interactive applications such as
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ssh, ftp, passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to a automate setup
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scripts for duplicating software package installations on different
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servers. It can be used for automated software testing. Pexpect is
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in the spirit of Don Libes' Expect, but Pexpect is pure Python. The
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Pexpect interface was designed to be easy to use.
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