How to parse the os.system() output in python

yinglcs

Hi,

I use os.system() to execute a system command in python.
Can you please tell me how can I parse (in python) the output of the
os.system() ?

Thank you.

Mar 18 '07 #1

Dave Reed

On Mar 17, 2007, at 8:28 PM, yi*****@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I use os.system() to execute a system command in python.
Can you please tell me how can I parse (in python) the output of the
os.system() ?

Thank you.

Sounds like you want os.popen, not os.system.

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-popen2.html

Dave

Mar 18 '07 #2

Sebastian Bassi

On 17 Mar 2007 17:28:56 -0700, yi*****@gmail.com <yi*****@gmail.comwrote:

I use os.system() to execute a system command in python.
Can you please tell me how can I parse (in python) the output of the
os.system() ?

Maybe you mean to parse the output of the program you run using
os.system. If this is the case, you should redirect the putput of the
program to a file (with ">") and then parse that file.

Best,
SB.

Mar 18 '07 #3

bruce peng

how to redirect the putput of the
program to a file?

thanks.
"Sebastian Bassi" <sb****@clubdelarazon.orgwrote in message
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On 17 Mar 2007 17:28:56 -0700, yi*****@gmail.com <yi*****@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I use os.system() to execute a system command in python.
Can you please tell me how can I parse (in python) the output of the
os.system() ?

Maybe you mean to parse the output of the program you run using
os.system. If this is the case, you should redirect the putput of the
program to a file (with ">") and then parse that file.

Best,
SB.

Mar 18 '07 #4

Sebastian Bassi

On 3/18/07, bruce peng <pe******@kingsoft.netwrote:

how to redirect the putput of the
program to a file?

like this:
program_name -parameters outfile.txt

Mar 18 '07 #5