Python: Get system command output
System Command Output
Write a Python program to get system command output.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
# Import the subprocess module to run shell commands.
import subprocess
# Use the 'subprocess.check_output' function to execute the 'dir' command in the shell.
# 'universal_newlines=True' ensures text mode for cross-platform compatibility.
returned_text = subprocess.check_output("dir", shell=True, universal_newlines=True)
# Print a message indicating the purpose of running the 'dir' command.
print("dir command to list files and directories")
# Print the output (list of files and directories) returned by the 'dir' command.
print(returned_text)
Sample Output:
6d2c5fa0-5ef2-11e6-8ff4-d5b1b3f27f4d ead74d50-beb7-11e6-933b-47978 84c7124 6d33f7a0-242d-11e7-820d-03f0e944369f eae8e560-767d-11e6-a3fc-0fb5e bee9d44 6d36f6e0-8616-11e6-affa-0dc8296ec630 eafedbe0-ed01-11e6-a189-7956f 7e10ca1 6d462c20-758e-11e6-a935-b7db6295ac51 eb190a30-bae6-11e6-a2d1-75a31 a870ce2 ------ 7feae620-bece-11e6-ad81-456cada677e8 sss.dat\n 7fef9710-7fc2-11e6-97c3-c153b6e0fe23 temp.txt 7ff17310-9c22-11e6-9e03-95cb39e2a59d test.txt 801a70f0-4414-11e6-a0ac-5bb3315a1c3b
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