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Run shell command and capture output using python
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shell.py
def run_terminal(command):
p = subprocess.Popen(command.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
out, err = p.communicate()
return out
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vik-y commented May 14, 2015

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use os.system("command") instead if you just want to execute a command and don't care about the output.

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