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Ecogeek
Ecogeek

Reputation: 23

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? [Y/N]:', 'N')
   with expecting(prompts):
      run(sudo("/something.sh apply /some.file" , user="someuser"))

I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 572

Answers (1)

Jasper van den Bosch
Jasper van den Bosch

Reputation: 3218

I have edited your code with some minor things:

  1. expecting requires a list
  2. Fabric/Fexpect sudo() and run() cannot be nested. You probably just need sudo()

  3. You have to escape regexp symbols, such as [] with a slash \[ or just make the 'expectation' shorter:

    prompts = []
prompts += expect('Are you sure.*', 'N')
with expecting(prompts):
    sudo("/something.sh apply /some.file" , user="someuser")

Also, perhaps you should not hide('commands'), depending on what prompt something.sh uses.

Upvotes: 0

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