how to run script on executable file?

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maybe my question is stupid but I would be very happy if someone could help, I have some executable file that I got from my teacher, this executable file ask for the answer of some math problem and if you run it on CMD it's look like:

C:\Users\guyzw>solveme.exe
Hello fellow, can you solve this math problem?

2 x 7?

>

I'm run this exe file on my linux machine using wine, I want to write some of script in bash or python to insert the answer automatically, my question is how can I do so? this exe file doesn't get args so I don't now where to begin...

Any help would be appreciated.

kimplausibl0 · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-10 08:32:01Z

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You can use the subprocess module to run external programs from within a Python script.

For example,

>>> output = subprocess.Popen("solveme.exe", stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
>>> output.communicate()[0]
'hello fellow, can you solve this math problem?\n\n2 x 7?\n'
>>>

answered Jun 10, 2018 at 8:32

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R2RT Over a year ago

I think that in this case you need to call wine with args=[/path/to/solveme.exe]

kimplausibl0 Over a year ago

Ahh, I concur! Thanks for the heads up. Here's a post elaborating on R2RT's comment.

gaidediz Over a year ago

@ kimplausibl0 - if I doing so, I got some empty lines without 'hello fellow, can you solve this math problem?\n\n2 x 7?\n' ... what I miss?

Andreas · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-10 08:26:44Z

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Checkout xdotool: https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool

It allows you to create fake keyboard and mouse input in linux.

answered Jun 10, 2018 at 8:26

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