shell rerouting
Anders Hammarquist
iko at cd.chalmers.se
Thu Feb 13 03:29:49 EST 2003
In article <mailman.1045105796.28580.python-list at python.org>,
Dave Harrison <dave at nullcube.com> wrote:
>Im looking to take input at the command line (a password) but I dont
>want the input to either be visible, or to enter the shell logs.
I'm not shure whether you want to:
a) Have the user type an invisible password at your program.
In which case you want getpass.getpass()
or
b) Have your program type a password at some other program.
In which case your easiest route is probably to use
expect. There appears to be a Python equivalent at
http://pexpect.sourceforge.net/
/Anders
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