On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:09:55PM -0700, Rogelio wrote:
> import subprocess
> IPcount = subprocess.call(['wc -l file.txt | awk \'{print $1}\''], shell=True)
> print "You have",IPcount,"IP addresses that are alive."
>
> I get the following output
>
> 46
> You have 0 IP addresses that are alive.
>
> Why does IPcount not equal 46? Is this what the stout is for?
Yes. The output of the call gets written to stdout. The return result of
the call is 0 if the call succeeded and some other integer if it failed.
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Steven
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