Fredrik Lundh wrote: > this works for me: > > >>> f = subprocess.Popen("set | grep IFS", shell=True, > stdout=subprocess.PIPE) > >>> f.stdout.readlines() > ["IFS=$' \\t\\n'\n"] > > what does the above return on your machine?
>>> f = subprocess.Popen("set | grep IFS", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) >>> f.stdout.readlines() ["BASH_EXECUTION_STRING='set | grep IFS'\n", "IFS=' \t\n"] I'm on FC5 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list