2009/2/4 Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@skynet.be>:
> using e.g.
> import subprocess
> Package='app-arch/lzma-utils'
> EQ=subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/equery','depends',Package],stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
> EQ_output= EQ.communicate()[0]
> EQ_output is a string containing multiple lines.
> I'd prefer a file-like object, e.g. EQ_OUT
> so that I can loop over the lines of it like
EQ.stdout is the filelike object you're looking for.
communicate() grabs entire output at once so don't use it.
import subprocess
Package = 'app-arch/lzma-utils'
EQ = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/equery', 'depends', Package],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
for line in EQ.stdout:
do_stuff_with(line)
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