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Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:39:41 -0400
Subject: Re: Basic interaction with another program
From: Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com>
To: ETP <matthew.moorland@gmail.com>
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Look into the pexpect library, it'll make this easy as punch.
http://www.noah.org/wiki/pexpect


On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM, ETP <matthew.moorland@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
> with a script. =C2=A0It needs only text input. =C2=A0For example, I only =
need to
> tell it:
>
> L
> u
> 100 <cr>
> u
>
> It will then wait for a file to be created, rename the file, then
> loop. =C2=A0Simple.
>
> I'd like to run this on Lucid Puppy Linux as it will be implemented on
> a very old laptop, but can probably deal with windows if needed.
>
> I only need direction on getting Python to interact with another
> program; how do I get it to direct text onto another window?
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