If you have the Pywin32 extensions installed, you can use the
win32console module to send keystrokes directly to a command
prompt via WriteConsoleInput.
Roger
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>
> I'm working on a scirpt to be used on a windows machine and I need to
> automate a user's input on the command prompt. For example I'm using
> os.system('mycommand') to excute the commands I want. However some of
> these command will prompt for a confirmation of yes or no from user.
> Is there anything in python that will allow my script to automate these
> input
> Another example is let say if i type "format c:\" on the command
> prompt it will warn me and ask me to type 'y' to continue. I can use
> the os.system to automate the "format c:\" but is there a way to
> automate the 'y' input part. I try searching for help on the Interent
> but cant seem find any info on how to do this with Python. Can someone
> give me some confirmation if what I want to do is possible or not.
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
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