"Lawrence Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Why doesn't this fill otp with the output of ls?? (I know python has
> it's own file tools, I'm just playing around ;)
>
> otp=os.system(cmd)
Because os.system returnsd the exit status of the command.
zero means the command executed OK anything else
On 10/28/07, Lawrence Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Why doesn't this fill otp with the output of ls?? (I know python has
> it's own file tools, I'm just playing around ;)
>
> import os
> cmd="""ls"""
> otp=os.system(cmd)
> print otp
> ___
> Tutor
Try using the commands, instead.
import commands
cmd = 'ls'
opt = commands.getoutput( cmd )
print opt
More information found here:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-commands.html
:)
.james
On Oct 28, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Lawrence Shafer wrote:
> Why doesn't this fill otp with the output of ls
