Selenium Send Keys not working on Ubuntu with /

Question

I'm running Selenium using Python 3.6.4 and Pytest 6.1.1 on Ubuntu 20.04, when I run the below command to send keys the "/" are removed from the output. In Windows they are not removed.

element.send_keys("sudo /bin/bash")

The end result is: sudo binbash

Any ideas how to solve this problem? I've tried escaping them and no luck.

Thanks for your time.

Add more details (link to site). Tested the same on google.com with Ubuntu 20.04 with no problems. — vitaliis
– vitaliis, Commented May 12, 2021 at 14:06

Karl · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-12 14:25:53Z

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I tried sending it encoded and that didn't work.

What I came up with that worked was setting the value to the clip board and pasting it into the field using Ctrl + V.

from subprocess import PIPE, Popen        

p = Popen(["xsel", "-bi"], stdin=PIPE)
p.communicate(input=str.encode(text.strip()))
        
text_area = component.find_element_by_tag_name("textarea")
text_area.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL, "v")

answered May 12, 2021 at 14:25

Karl

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