Fexpect is a python library based on fabric and pexpect to automate commandline input
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ImportError: No module named pexpect
I am using Fabric and would like to use fexpect. I have the following Python script:
from ilogue.fexpect import expect, expecting, run
(...)
def install_postgresql(profile):
print("!!! Installing PostgreSQL...")
print(' -> Doing…

mitchkman
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Having issues getting fexpect to catch the prompt
I don't seem to be getting the expected workings. I can't seem to actually catch the prompt.
Here is what I have:
with settings(hide('commands', 'warnings') , warn_only=True):
prompts = expect('Are you sure you want to perform this operation?…

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fexpect breaks fabric scripts
I hot upon an requirement where I needed to automatically answer the prompt on remote machine and then I found fexpect after reading different stackoverflow questions. But the moment I include fexpect in my script it breaks the whole…

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