How to manipulate os.system outputs in python?

[chat...@gmail.com]

Hi, I am using the 'os.system' in python to run a bash script which returns an xml output, i.e. <ns2:MyVar time="... </ns2:MyVar>

The issue I am having is manipulating the output.

I have output = os.ystem('xmlout')

I then convert a string 

mystroutput = str(output)

However, when I do a print of mystroutput[1], it says:

IndexError: string index out of range

I have 'import os', 'import string' and 'import fileinput' what am I doing wrong?

[Robert Mandić]

Heya,

 

os.system returns exit status of the command and not the ouput.

Try os.popen instead:

 

>>> import os

>>> data = os.popen('cat /etc/resolv.conf')

>>> data.read()

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[chat...@gmail.com]

I am getting an error when I attempt to print(data).

I did import os

data=os.popen('my bash command')

data.read()

<open file 'my bash command', mode 'r' at 0x7f720435fae0>

I would like to get data into a string so that I can parse it accordingly. 

Should I use

[Robert M.]

print data.read()

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