os.system output

[Steve Purcell]

Jonathan Soons wrote:
> I could do
> 
> >>>os.system('ls > file')
> >>>f = open('file')
> >>>dirs = f.readlines()
> 
> but it looks crude. Is there a better way?

Use the function 'popen' in the 'os' module.

>>> import os
>>> f = os.popen('ls')
>>> dirs = f.readlines()
>>> f.close()

Better still, for what you're trying to do:

>>> import os
>>> dirs = filter(os.path.isdir, os.listdir('.'))

-Steve

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