By default, pexpect.spawn() would not output anything. But when I specify logfile=sys.stdout it'll also echo the password (e.g. for ssh). So how can I see the real time interaction with the spawned process without the password being echoed (just like the Expect (the Tcl extension) does)?
pexepct example:
# cat expect.py
import pexpect, sys
logfile = sys.stdout if len(sys.argv) == 2 else None
ssh = pexpect.spawn('ssh foo@localhost', logfile=logfile)
ssh.delaybeforesend = 1
ssh.expect('assword:')
ssh.sendline('123456')
ssh.expect('\r\n\\$')
ssh.sendline('exit')
ssh.expect(pexpect.EOF)
ssh.wait()
# python expect.py <-- no output
# python expect.py stdout
foo@localhost's password: 123456 <-- the password is visible
Last login: Tue Mar 22 10:32:49 2016 from localhost
$ exit
exit
Connection to localhost closed.
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Expect example:
# cat ssh.exp
spawn ssh foo@localhost
expect assword:
send "123456\r"
expect {\$}
send "exit\r"
expect eof
wait
# expect ssh.exp
spawn ssh foo@localhost
foo@localhost's password: <-- the password is invisible
Last login: Tue Mar 22 10:45:03 2016 from localhost
$ exit
Connection to localhost closed.
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