Get Stdout from external script startet through python

[Alex Martelli]

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Christian Rapp wrote:

> I need to start an external script from inside python. This works just

So you're presumably using os.system?

> fine. The called script produces some output on StandardOut, that I need
> within the python-script. How do I get this Output into python?
> Any suggestions? Please answer!

import os

flob = os.popen("whatever and args")
thedata = flob.read()
flob.close()


Alex