gistfile1.txt

def search_gem(pac):
    things = []
    raw = Popen(['gem', 'search','-b', pac], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
    for x in raw.split('\n'):
        if x and x != '*** LOCAL GEMS ***' and x != '*** REMOTE GEMS ***':
            things.append(x)
    if not things:
       return
    else:
       print 'found ' + len(things) + ' results for ' + pac\
            + ' in your configured rubygems sources:'
       print things
       return things