How to answer to prompts automatically with python fabric?
command-prompt, fabric, python
Solution
Starting from version `1.9`, Fabric includes a way of managing this properly.
The section about Prompts in the Fabric documentation says:
The prompts dictionary allows users to control interactive prompts. If a key in the dictionary is found in a command’s standard output stream, Fabric will automatically answer with the corresponding dictionary value.
You should be able to make Fabric automatically answer prompts like this:
with settings(prompts={'Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ': 'Y'}):
run('apt-get update')
run('apt-get upgrade')
Problem
I want to run a command which prompts me to enter yes/no or y/n or whatever. If I just run the command `local("my_command")` then it stops and asks me for input. When I type what is needed, script continues to work. How can I automatically respond to the prompt?