On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:36 AM, nickname<thebiggestbangthe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I am a relative newbie to python, I am using os.popen to run an > ls command. The output that I get using the read() function is > different in look and feel from when I run the ls command natively > from the shell (not via python). I display the ouput via python by > using the print function on the variable that accepts the os.popen > ().read() function. > > For example: > > output from native shell (as seen on the bash shell) > > file1 file2 dir1(highlighted in blue color) > file3longnamewhichwillcausenextfiletoappearonnextline > > file 4 > > output from python (as seen on the bash shell) > > file1 > file2 > dir1 (no blue color) > file3longnamewhichwillcausenextfiletoappearonnextline > file4 > > Is there an easy way to "mirror" the output. When python displays the > output, how can it tell the bash shell that some of the entries are > directories and they should appear blue on the bash shell, and that > everything should not be appearing on 1 column only.
I would assume the difference is caused by `ls` changing behavior (for example, enabling/disabling colorization) based on whether its output is going to a terminal or a pipe. Is there a reason you can't use os.listdir() instead of running ls?: http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.listdir For the colorization, google for "ANSI color escape sequences" Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
