This is what I have so far: // #!/usr/bin/python
import os cmd = 'ntpq -p' output = os.popen(cmd).read() // The output is saved in the variable 'output'. What I need to do next is select the line from that output that starts with the '*' remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ========================================================================= ===== +ntp-1.gw.uiuc.e 128.174.38.133 2 u 479 1024 377 33.835 -0.478 3.654 +milo.mcs.anl.go 130.126.24.44 3 u 676 1024 377 70.143 1.893 1.296 *caesar.cs.wisc. 128.105.201.11 2 u 635 1024 377 29.514 -0.231 0.077 >From there, I need to tokenize the line using the spaces as delimiters. Can someone give me some pointers? Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list