replwrap - Control read-eval-print-loops — Pexpect 4.2.1 documentation

# replwrap - Control read-eval-print-loops

Generic wrapper for read-eval-print-loops, a.k.a. interactive shells

New in version 3.3.

class `pexpect.replwrap.` `REPLWrapper`(cmd_or_spawn, orig_prompt, prompt_change, new_prompt='[PEXPECT_PROMPT>', continuation_prompt='[PEXPECT_PROMPT+', extra_init_cmd=None)

  Wrapper for a REPL.

  Parameters: | cmd_or_spawn – This can either be an instance of `pexpect.spawn` in which a REPL has already been started, or a str command to start a new REPL process. orig_prompt (str) – The prompt to expect at first. prompt_change (str) – A command to change the prompt to something more unique. If this is `None`, the prompt will not be changed. This will be formatted with the new and continuation prompts as positional parameters, so you can use `{}` style formatting to insert them into the command. new_prompt (str) – The more unique prompt to expect after the change. extra_init_cmd (str) – Commands to do extra initialisation, such as disabling pagers.

  `run_command`(command, timeout=-1)

    Send a command to the REPL, wait for and return output.

    Parameters: | command (str) – The command to send. Trailing newlines are not needed. This should be a complete block of input that will trigger execution; if a continuation prompt is found after sending input, `ValueError` will be raised. timeout (int) – How long to wait for the next prompt. -1 means the default from the `pexpect.spawn` object (default 30 seconds). None means to wait indefinitely.

`pexpect.replwrap.` `PEXPECT_PROMPT`

  A string that can be used as a prompt, and is unlikely to be found in output.

Using the objects above, it is easy to wrap a REPL. For instance, to use a Python shell:

    py = REPLWrapper("python", ">>> ", "import sys; sys.ps1={!r}; sys.ps2={!r}")
    py.run_command("4+7")

Convenience functions are provided for Python and bash shells:

`pexpect.replwrap.` `python`(command='/usr/local/bin/python3.6')

  Start a Python shell and return a `REPLWrapper` object.

`pexpect.replwrap.` `bash`(command='bash')

  Start a bash shell and return a `REPLWrapper` object.