You could use: >>> x, y = set(output.split())
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:44 AM Jagga Soorma <jagg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to python and trying to do some basic things with python. I > am writing a script that runs a df command and I need parts of that > output saved in 2 different variables. Is this something that can be > done? I can do this by running multiple df commands but would prefer > to make only one call: > > -- > inode_cmd = "/bin/df --output=pcent,ipcent /var| grep -v Use | tr '%' ' '" > output = subprocess.check_output( inode_cmd, > stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True ) > -- > > But this would end up giving me the following: > > #df --output=pcent,ipcent /var | grep -v Use | tr '%' ' ' > 5 1 > > I would like variable x to be 5 and variable y to be 1. Is there a > easier way to do this? > > Thanks in advance for your guidance. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
