getstatusoutput
- getstatusoutput(cmd, *, encoding=None, errors=None)
Return (exitcode, output) of executing cmd in a shell.
Execute the string 'cmd' in a shell with 'check_output' and
return a 2-tuple (status, output). The locale encoding is used
to decode the output and process newlines.
A trailing newline is stripped from the output.
The exit status for the command can be interpreted
according to the rules for the function 'wait'. Example:
>>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
(0, '/bin/ls')
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
(1, 'cat: /bin/junk: No such file or directory')
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk')
(127, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found')
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/kill $$')
(-15, '')© Python Software Foundation. PSF License Version 2 · Official docs ↗
Changed in 3.3.4, 3.11
- 3.3.4: Windows support was added. The function now returns (exitcode, output) instead of (status, output) as it did in Python 3.3.3 and earlier. exitcode has the same value as returncode.
- 3.11: Added the encoding and errors parameters.
1 Example
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls') (0, '/bin/ls') >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk') (1, 'cat: /bin/junk: No such file or directory') >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk') (127, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found') >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/kill $$') (-15, '')
from the Python docs