The subprocess extension to run processes.
>>> from subprocess import run
>>> run('uname -r').stdout
3.7.0-7-generic
>>> run('uname -a').status
0
>>> print run('rm not_existing_directory').stderr
rm: cannot remove `not_existing_directory': No such file or directory
>>> print run('ls -la', 'wc -l')
14
To use pipe from the shell.
from subprocess import run
run('grep something', data=run.stdin)
$ ps aux | python script.py
You can install it from PyPi, by simply pip:
$ pip install subprocess.run
to test it, launch python
>>> from subprocess import run
- Python2.6
- Python2.7
- Python3.3
- PyPy2.1
>>> python setup.py test