how to get command output using python

[Arnau Sanchez]

Steven Harms escribió:

> In python it is quite easy:
> 
> import commands
> status, output = commands.getstatusoutput("my command")

Uhm, this module has a big issue:

(http://docs.python.org/lib/module-commands.html)
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8.17 commands -- Utilities for running commands

Availability: Unix.
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Any non cross-platform module should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.

Subprocess is the right module to use.

arnau