Interactive apps with Python

[Michael Torrie]

sunilkjin at gmail.com wrote:
> Folks,
>             I am trying to build an interactive test application. I
> would like to generate interactive commands to an existing
> server(ftpd)
> so commands like ftp 192.68.20.1
> ace>login: xxxx
> ace >password : yyyy
> I should be able to mimic human intervention. Is this possible in
> perl.
> I do not want to add delay's . I prefer synching with the server. I
> know this is possible in Expect. Is there any other scripting language
> this is possible in say Tcl/tk/Perl/Python/Ruby? What language do you
> suggest for such application? this feature in addition with strong
> parsing capabilities is what I am looking for
>   
Perhaps this would fit the bill:

http://www.noah.org/wiki/Pexpect

> Thanks in advance
> Sunil
>