parsing a file [newbie]

[Nils Hensel]

import os
my_command = "/whatever/you/like"
open ("output", "w").write (os.popen (my_command).read())
y = open ("output").read().split() [2]

Hope this works, I haven't tried it. This is quick and dirty though, better
implement some error checking.

Nils


"Langa Kentane" <LangaK at discoveryhealth.co.za> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> How do I read a file.
> This is what I want to do.
> Run a command using os.popen and store the file info that it returns to x
> Open file x and read the contents.[ contents of x will be a mount output.]
> Go to the third column of the mount output and and store in y
>
> How would I go about doing this.
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