Python subprocess function uname -a returnvalue

Question

I have some questions about the subprocess function in python 2.7 I want to build an script that forms an if clause like:

Import os
Import subprocess
process = subprocess ('uname -a')
if process == 'ESXi':
    print ('yey')

I am sorry that the code has many mistakes and that my english is so poorly (motherlanguage greek)

You want a substring match? stackoverflow.com/q/3437059/1531971 — user1531971
– user1531971, Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 19:52
Yes, just compared with the output value of the shell function uname -a — Merrand
– Merrand, Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 19:54
You should say this in the question body: I want to run a subprocess and get the results from "uname -a" as a string. I then want to test whether or not this result contains the string "ESXi". — user1531971
– user1531971, Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 19:56

WSMathias9 · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-11 03:28:24Z

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to get the output of your command

word = 'ESXi'
process = subprocess.check_output(['uname','-a'])  
if word in str(process):   
   print ('yey')

result of your command will be in process

answered Jan 10, 2018 at 20:08

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