How do subprocess.Popen("ls | grep foo", shell=True) with shell=False?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2010-06-10, Chris Seberino <cseberino at gmail.com> wrote:

> How do subprocess.Popen("ls | grep foo", shell=True) with shell=False?

You'll have to build your own pipeline with multiple calls to subprocess

> Does complex commands with "|" in them mandate shell=True?

Yes.

Hey, I've got a novel idea!

Read the documentation for the subprocess module:

http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html#replacing-shell-pipeline

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