On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Spencer Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to use a regular expression to get a couple of items for my python > script. So far the script is running an 'ls' command to get a few items > that I need > > I run an 'ls -sk /xen/domains2/machinename/disk.img' > > Output > > 2454112 /xen/domains2/machinename/disk.img
Look at os.path.getsize(). You don't need to use ls to get this information. > What I need to get is just the size numbers using regular expressions. You could just use str.split() but getsize() is better. > I also need to get the 'machinename' > portion of the path as well to stick into the database. Don't you already know this? Where does the ls command come from? Anyway look at os.path.split() and os.path.dirname(). Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
