Python subprocess readlines()?

Question

So I\'m trying to move away from os.popen to subprocess.popen as recommended by the user guide. The only trouble I\'m having is I can\'t seem to find a way of making readli

Answer 1

A more detailed way of using subprocess.

        # Set the command
        command = "ls -l"

        # Setup the module object
        proc = subprocess.Popen(command,
                            shell=True,   
                            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)

        # Communicate the command   
        stdout_value,stderr_value = proc.communicate()

        # Once you have a valid response, split the return output    
        if stdout_value:
            stdout_value = stdout_value.split()