The check_output() function of the subprocess module raises an exception if the process returns a non-zero exit status. This is inconvenient for commands such as grep that use the return status to indicate something other than success or failure.
The check_call() function has a companion call(), but here is currently no non-checking companion for check_call(). How about adding one with a signature such as output(args) --> (status, output) -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
