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--- doc:appunti:prog:python_program_execution [2016/07/28 09:42] – niccolo
+++ doc:appunti:prog:python_program_execution [2022/07/01 10:56] (current) – [Get the output of a program] niccolo
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 </code>
-Same as above, but run in a subshell:
+Same as above, but run in a subshell (in this case the command may contain shell redirections):
 <code python>
-retcode = call("mycmd myarg", shell=True)
+retcode = subprocess.call("mycmd myarg", shell=True)
 </code>
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 <code python>
-output = subprocess.Popen(["mycmd", "myarg"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+output = subprocess.Popen(["mycmd", "myarg"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')
 </code>
@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 output, stderr = subproc.communicate()
 retcode = subproc.returncode
-for line in output.splitlines():
+for line in output.decode('utf-8').splitlines():
-    print line
+    print(line)
 </code>
@@ Line 59: / Line 59: @@
 output = p2.communicate()[0]
 </code>
+===== Write to command standard input =====
+<code python>
+cmd_input = []
+cmd_input.append('line input one')
+cmd_input.append('line input two')
+p = subprocess.Popen('command', stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+p.communicate(os.linesep.join(cmd_input))
+</code>