On Nov 18, 11:25 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmic...@sequans.com> wrote: > Hi python fellows, > > I'm currently inspecting my Linux process list, trying to parse it in > order to get one particular process (and kill it). > I ran into an annoying issue: > The stdout display is somehow truncated (maybe a terminal length issue, > I don't know), breaking my parsing. > > import subprocess > commandLine = ['ps', '-eo "%p %U %P %y %t %C %c %a"'] > process = subprocess.Popen(commandLine, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, > stderr=subprocess.PIPE) > processList, stderrdata = process.communicate() > > Here is a sample of what I get in processList.split('\n'): > > ' "25487 1122 4344 ? 7-17:48:32 2.5 firefox-bin > /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-"', > ' "25492 1122 4892 pts/6 00:08 57.2 ipython > /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ip"', > > As you can see, to complete process command line is truncated. > Any clue on how to get the full version ? > > JM > > (python 2.5)
What about "ps -eo pid,tty,cmd" ? Sample: 12680 ? geany /usr/share/gramps/ReportBase/ _CommandLineReport.py 12682 ? gnome-pty-helper 12683 pts/0 /bin/bash 13038 ? gnome-terminal 13039 ? gnome-pty-helper 13040 pts/1 bash 13755 pts/1 ps -eo pid,tty,cmd ...etc... hth, Jon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list