from __future__ import annotations import sys prompts = sys.argv[1:] or ['foo'] # UTF8 encoded bytes # to ensure pexpect doesn't have any encoding errors data = 'line one 汉语\nline two\nline three\nline four\n'.encode() sys.stdout.buffer.write(data) print() for prompt in prompts: user_input = input(prompt) print(user_input)