How can I get terminal output in python
>>> import subprocess >>> cmd = [ 'echo', 'arg1', 'arg2' ] >>> output = subprocess.Popen( cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE ).communicate()[0] >>> print output arg1 arg2 >>> There is a bug in using of the subprocess.PIPE. For the huge output use this: import subprocess import tempfile with tempfile.TemporaryFile() as tempf: proc = subprocess.Popen(['echo', 'a', 'b'], stdout=tempf) proc.wait() tempf.seek(0) print tempf.read()