Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: pexpect
Version: 4.9.0
Summary: Pexpect allows easy control of interactive console applications.
Home-page: https://pexpect.readthedocs.io/
Author: Noah Spurrier; Thomas Kluyver; Jeff Quast
Author-email: noah@noah.org, thomas@kluyver.me.uk, contact@jeffquast.com
License: ISC license
Project-URL: Bug Tracker, https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/issues
Project-URL: Documentation, https://pexpect.readthedocs.io/
Project-URL: Source Code, https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect
Project-URL: History, https://pexpect.readthedocs.io/en/stable/history.html
Platform: UNIX
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: System Administrators
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: ISC License (ISCL)
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Quality Assurance
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Testing
Classifier: Topic :: System
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Archiving :: Packaging
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Installation/Setup
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Shells
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Software Distribution
Classifier: Topic :: Terminals
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: ptyprocess (>=0.5)


Pexpect is a pure Python module for spawning child applications; controlling
them; and responding to expected patterns in their output. Pexpect works like
Don Libes' Expect. Pexpect allows your script to spawn a child application and
control it as if a human were typing commands.

Pexpect can be used for automating interactive applications such as ssh, ftp,
passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to automate setup scripts for duplicating
software package installations on different servers. It can be used for
automated software testing. Pexpect is in the spirit of Don Libes' Expect, but
Pexpect is pure Python.

The main features of Pexpect require the pty module in the Python standard
library, which is only available on Unix-like systems. Some features—waiting
for patterns from file descriptors or subprocesses—are also available on
Windows.