Capture value from shell script and use it in Python without using subprocess

Question

I have a python script which requires a value from a shell script.

Following is the shell script (a.sh):

#!/bin/bash
return_value(){
  value=$(///some unix command)
  echo "$value"
}

return_value

Following is the python script:

Import subprocess
answer = Subprocess.call([‘./a.sh’])
print("the answer is %s % answer")

But its not working.The error is:

ImportError : No module named subprocess

I guess my verison (Python 2.3.4) is pretty old. Is there any substitute for subprocess that can be applied in this case??

Ashwini Chaudhary · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-21 17:23:47Z

4

Try commands module for py2.3.4, note that this module has been deprecated since py2.6:

import commands
answer = commands.getoutput('./a.sh')

answered Jun 21, 2013 at 17:23

Ashwini Chaudhary

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1 Comment

It worked !!!! How do you think of this? I know our team needs to update our python version but Thanks a lot !