On 06/06/2012 05:10 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> hi all,
(You forgot to include the list in your reply)
>
> thanks a lot for your quick response.
>
> Dave, actually it's a 2 arguments. Sorry, i did not make it clear in my
> question. I used Ramit's hint and it worked. The code should be as follows:
>
> pattern = "({0}|{1})".format(x,y)
> cmd_line = Popen(["egrep", pattern, aLogFile], stdout=PIPE, stdin=PIPE,
> stderr=STDOUT)
>
> Regards,
>
> Do Nguyen
>
If it's two arguments, then you need pattern1 and pattern2.
But if it works, perhaps egrep is happy with a single argument.
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