I'm trying to interface with an interactive, shell-like program running inside a Docker container, but I think my question applies to any interactive program with prompts and such, /bin/bash, for example. Basically, I need to get the output from the program being controlled until it displays a prompt and waits for input, then provide a line of input to the program when/as specified by the user, get the output, and then repeat until the program being controlled exits. I plan to get the input lines one at a time from a message queue (suggestions welcome) and return the subsequent output to the user. Starting and stopping the program being controlled for each input isn't an option as the program isn't stateless, so it needs to stay running between inputs.

I've read the AnyEvent Intro, FAQ, and AnyEvent::Handle pods and scoured the web for examples, but I haven't come across an example that seems to deal with this level of interactivity.

If someone can spare a clue or some sample code, I would be very appreciative.

In reply to Using AnyEvent to control an interactive program by Darth Ed

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