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Using a pseudo-terminal to interact with interactive Python in a subprocess
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from subprocess import Popen, PIPE | |
import pty | |
import os | |
from select import select | |
import sys | |
import tty | |
master, slave = pty.openpty() | |
p = Popen(['python'], stdin=slave, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) | |
pin = os.fdopen(master, 'w') | |
tty.setcbreak(sys.stdin) | |
msg = '' | |
errmsg = '' | |
while True: | |
rs, ws, es = select([sys.stdin, p.stdout, p.stderr], [], []) | |
for r in rs: | |
if r is sys.stdin: | |
c = r.read(1) | |
if c == '': | |
msg = msg[:-1] | |
elif c == '\n': | |
pin.write(msg+'\n') | |
print '\r>>> %s' % msg | |
msg = '' | |
else: | |
msg += c | |
print '\r '+ ' '*(len(msg)+1), | |
print '\r>>> %s' % msg, | |
sys.stdout.flush() | |
elif r is p.stdout: | |
print p.stdout.readline(), | |
sys.stderr.flush() | |
elif r is p.stderr: | |
errmsg += p.stderr.read(1) | |
if errmsg.endswith('>>> '): | |
errmsg = errmsg[:-4] | |
if errmsg.endswith('\n'): | |
print 'ERR~%s' % (errmsg,), | |
errmsg = '' |
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Thomas, please see my code: https://github.com/lubyagin/rubash/blob/master/linux.py
I am writing pseudo-terminal too.