Storing Subprocess Results

[Karthik Gurusamy]

On Sep 2, 7:16 am, topazcode <t... at topazcode.com> wrote:
> I am using the subprocess module to run some shell commands on a Linux
> system:
>
> import subprocess
> output = subprocess.call('''ssh server1 "uptime"''', shell=True)
>
> The above assigns the output variable with a return code, i.e. 0 in
> this case.  How can I actually capture the data returned from
> subprocess.call, rather than just the return code?  I'd like to have
> the output variable contain the uptime string in this case.

Probably commands module is a better choice for your problem:
>>> import commands
>>> commands.getoutput('fortune')
"While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own
\nform of misery."
>>>

Karthik

 Any help
> is appreciated.  Thanks.