Executing multiple commands using Popen.stdin

Question

I\'d like to execute multiple commands in a standalone application launched from a python script, using pipes. The only way I could reliably pass the commands to the stdin of th

Answer 1

If I understand your problem correctly, you want to interact (i.e. send commands and read the responses) with a console application.

If so, you may want to check an Expect-like library, like pexpect for Python: http://pexpect.sourceforge.net

It will make your life easier, because it will take care of synchronization, the problem that ddaa also describes. See also: http://www.noah.org/wiki/Pexpect#Q:_Why_not_just_use_a_pipe_.28popen.28.29.29.3F