Well, I did want to add some formatting for example STATUS = "up"
getrup = os.popen('ruptime').read() show = getrup.splitlines() gethost = show[0] hostname = gethost.split() print hostname[0] getstatus = hostname[1] if getstatus.find("STATUS"): print STATUS else: print "<font color='RED'>HOST DOWN</font>" I think that will convey what I am attempting. I know that is sloppy, but I am learning .. Thanks for your patience. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list