Crate expectrl[−][src]

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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.

Example

An example for interacting via ftp.

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

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));