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Create New Case capture output?

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

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Inspect the case_creator code around the subprocess.run call that executes the create_newcase CIME command. Reproduce a prompt such as replace or abort and verify whether the user can see and answer it; done means the command no longer hangs and the prompt behavior is clear.

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In this line in case_creator for running the create_newcase CIME command:

runout = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True)

If create_newcase has a prompt for output (in this specific case, replace, abort, etc..). the command hangs. Do we need to capture output? If we don't capture output, the user would see the prompt and maybe would be a bit clearer

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