Hello, I am trying to get python to give me the PID of a process (in this case HUB). I have it working, except for the fact that the output includes \012 (newline). Is there a way to ask python not to give me a newline?
Python 1.4 (Oct 14 1997) [C] Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam >>> import os >>> g = os.popen("ps -ef | grep HUB | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'") >>> h = g.readlines() >>> g.close() >>> h ['87334\012'] Thanks in advanced for any guidance. -- Randomly generated signature Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list