Basic python question

[Jagga Soorma]

Thanks Aldwin that helps but it looks like it is reversing the numbers
for some reason:

the df command returns the following:
7  2

I used your example and did:
x,y = set(output.split())

My assumption would be that x should be 7 and y should be 2.  However,
when I print x and y it seems to be reversed (x is 2 and y is 7).  Am
I missing something?

Thanks

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 8:49 PM Aldwin Pollefeyt
<aldwinaldwindev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You could use:
>
> >>> x, y = set(output.split())
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:44 AM Jagga Soorma <jagga13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am new to python and trying to do some basic things with python.  I
>> am writing a script that runs a df command and I need parts of that
>> output saved in 2 different variables.  Is this something that can be
>> done?  I can do this by running multiple df commands but would prefer
>> to make only one call:
>>
>> --
>> inode_cmd = "/bin/df --output=pcent,ipcent /var| grep -v Use | tr '%' ' '"
>> output  = subprocess.check_output( inode_cmd,
>> stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True )
>> --
>>
>> But this would end up giving me the following:
>>
>> #df --output=pcent,ipcent /var | grep -v Use | tr '%' ' '
>>    5   1
>>
>> I would like variable x to be 5 and variable y to be 1.  Is there a
>> easier way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your guidance.
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