On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Erik Johnson wrote: > > "eldorado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> g = os.popen("ps -ef | grep HUB | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'") >>>>> h = g.readlines() >>>>> g.close() >>>>> h >> ['87334\012'] >>>>> h = h[:-1] >>>>> h >> [] > > Oh, sorry... h is a list here because you are using readlines(). > I am used to doing this: > > fd = os.popen('ps -ef | grep python') > s = fd.read() > > to get a single string. You can do something like > > s = h[0] > > and then operate on s, or you can use read() in place of readlines() to get > h as a single string, or you can operate on the first element of h: > >>>> h = ['87334\012'] >>>> h[0][:-1] > '87334' >>>> h[0].rstrip('\n') > '87334' > > All the error handling to do in the case where you actually have multiple > processes being matched is up to you. ;)
Erik, Thank you very much. Works perfect. I am now off to work on the multiple process issue. -- Randomly generated signature Claiming that your operating system is the best in the world because more people use it is like saying McDonalds makes the best food in the world. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
