How can I get terminal output in python

Question

I can execute a terminal command using os system   but I want to capture the output of this command  How can I do this

User · Answer

The easiest way is to use the library commands  import commands print commands getstatusoutput  echo  test    wc

User · Answer

The recommended way in Python 3 5 and above is to use subprocess run    from subprocess import run output   run  quot pwd quot   capture output True  stdout

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gt  gt  gt  import subprocess  gt  gt  gt  cmd      echo    arg1    arg2     gt  gt  gt  output   subprocess Popen  cmd  stdout subprocess PIPE   communicate   0   gt  gt  gt  print output arg1 arg2   gt  gt  gt     There is a bug in using of the subprocess PIPE  For the huge output use this   import subprocess import tempfile  with tempfile TemporaryFile   as tempf      proc   subprocess Popen   echo    a    b    stdout tempf      proc wait       tempf seek 0      print tempf read

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You can use Popen in subprocess as they suggest   with os  which is not recomment  it s like below    import os a    os popen  pwd   readlines

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