use rexpect::error::Error; use rexpect::process::wait; use rexpect::spawn; /// The following code emits: /// cat exited with code 0, all good! /// cat exited with code 1 /// Output (stdout and stderr): cat: /this/does/not/exist: No such file or directory fn main() -> Result<(), Error> { let p = spawn("cat /etc/passwd", Some(2000))?; match p.process.wait() { Ok(wait::WaitStatus::Exited(_, 0)) => println!("cat exited with code 0, all good!"), _ => println!("cat exited with code >0, or it was killed"), } let mut p = spawn("cat /this/does/not/exist", Some(2000))?; match p.process.wait() { Ok(wait::WaitStatus::Exited(_, 0)) => println!("cat succeeded"), Ok(wait::WaitStatus::Exited(_, c)) => { println!("Cat failed with exit code {c}"); println!("Output (stdout and stderr): {}", p.exp_eof()?); } // for other possible return types of wait() // see here: https://tailhook.github.io/rotor/nix/sys/wait/enum.WaitStatus.html _ => println!("cat was probably killed"), } Ok(()) }