Linux - python vs sh

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Krisztian Kepes wrote:
> 
> Hi !
> 
> I want to list my rpm database to file with this:

<snip>

> But how I get the rpm's output in my py program ?
> list= rpm -qa

import commands, string
[status, rpmoutput] = commands.getstatusoutput('rpm -qa')
rpmlist = string.split (rpmoutput, '\n')

Erik
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