Simple code and suggestion

[Veek M]

g thakuri wrote:

> Dear Python friends,
> 
> I have a simple question , need your suggestion the same
> 
> I would want to avoid using multiple split in the below code , what
> options do we have before tokenising the line?, may be validate the
> first line any other ideas
> 
>  cmd = 'utility   %s' % (file)
>  out, err, exitcode = command_runner(cmd)
>  data = stdout.strip().split('\n')[0].split()[5][:-2]
> 
> Love,

import re
? regex/pattern matching module..