commands module for windows

[Chris Rebert]

> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:05 PM, M Kumar <tomanishkb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Is there any python module for windows which is equivalent to commands
>> > module in linux?
>>
>> `subprocess` should work: http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html
>>
>> The `commands` docs even say:
>> "The subprocess module provides more powerful facilities for spawning
>> new processes and retrieving their results.
>> Using the subprocess module is preferable to using the commands module."

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:34 PM, M Kumar <tomanishkb at gmail.com> wrote:
> can I use this module to store output to a python variable?
> I am looking for something similar to
> commands.getoutput("<cmd>")

Yes, of course it can. If it's more powerful, then it can do
everything the other module can.
It'd be silly for the `commands` docs to point people to `subprocess`
if this wasn't the case.
It will take more than a single line of code though. Read the module's docs.

Regards,
Chris
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