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name: pexpect-cli description: Persistent pexpect sessions for automating interactive terminal applications. Use when you need to control interactive programs like ssh, databases, or debuggers that require user input.

Usage

Copy# Start a new session
pexpect-cli --start
# 888d9bf4

# Start with a label
pexpect-cli --start --name ssh-prod
# a3f4b2c1

# Execute code in a session
pexpect-cli 888d9bf4 <<'EOF'
child = pexpect.spawn("bash")
child.sendline("pwd")
child.expect(r"\$")
print(child.before.decode())
EOF

# List sessions
pexpect-cli --list

# Stop a session
pexpect-cli --stop 888d9bf4

Examples

SSH Session

Copysession=$(pexpect-cli --start --name ssh-session)

pexpect-cli $session <<'EOF'
child = pexpect.spawn('ssh user@example.com')
child.expect('password:')
child.sendline('mypassword')
child.expect('\$')
print("Connected!")
EOF

# Run commands
pexpect-cli $session <<'EOF'
child.sendline('uptime')
child.expect('\$')
print(child.before.decode())
EOF

Database Interaction

Copysession=$(pexpect-cli --start --name db-session)

pexpect-cli $session <<'EOF'
child = pexpect.spawn('sqlite3 mydb.db')
child.expect('sqlite>')
child.sendline('.tables')
child.expect('sqlite>')
print("Tables:", child.before.decode())
EOF

Available in Namespace

• pexpect: The pexpect module
• child: Persistent child process variable (persists across executions)

See README.md for installation, monitoring, and advanced usage.