expectrl

A tool for automating terminal applications on Unix and on Windows.

Using the library you can:

• Spawn process
• Control process
• Interact with process's IO(input/output).

expectrl like original expect may shine when you're working with interactive applications. If your application is not interactive you may not find the library the best choise.

Usage

A general example where the program simulates a used interacting with ftp.

use expectrl::{spawn, Regex, Eof, WaitStatus};

fn main() {
    let mut p = spawn("ftp speedtest.tele2.net").unwrap();
    p.expect(Regex("Name \\(.*\\):")).unwrap();
    p.send_line("anonymous").unwrap();
    p.expect("Password").unwrap();
    p.send_line("test").unwrap();
    p.expect("ftp>").unwrap();
    p.send_line("cd upload").unwrap();
    p.expect("successfully changed.\r\nftp>").unwrap();
    p.send_line("pwd").unwrap();
    p.expect(Regex("[0-9]+ \"/upload\"")).unwrap();
    p.send_line("exit").unwrap();
    p.expect(Eof).unwrap();
    assert_eq!(p.wait().unwrap(), WaitStatus::Exited(p.pid(), 0));
}

The example inspired by the one in philippkeller/rexpect.

For more examples, check the examples directory.

Features

• It has an async support (To enable them you must turn on an async feature).
• It supports logging.
• It supports interact function.
• It has a Windows support.

Notes

It was originally inspired by philippkeller/rexpect and pexpect.

Licensed under MIT License