Using a python script, how do I read the output of a bash script it launched if that script that never ends

Asked Jul 17 '15 at 18:18

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I am making a python program that launches a bash script that shows debugging signals of another program. What I want my python program to do is read the debugging info the bash script is sending out, so python can parse it to make it more human-readable.

However, the thing is that I can't find a way to get the output of that bash script. The bash script itself never ends on its own, so the usual methods ( like subprocess.Popen ) I keep finding of reading an output from a bash script didn't seem to work.

Any ideas what I can do?

asked Jul 17 '15 at 18:18

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`popen` should work fine as long as you don't block on the end of the pipe when there isn't data there. – Etan Reisner Jul 17 '15 at 18:22
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I would be somewhat tempted to do something like `bash script | python script` and just make the python script read from `stdin` – NightShadeQueen Jul 17 '15 at 18:24
(so something of the form `yes | python test.py `) – NightShadeQueen Jul 17 '15 at 18:24
If all else fails, you can pipe the output to `tee,` and then read the updated file from disk. – boardrider Jul 19 '15 at 13:56

Using a python script, how do I read the output of a bash script it launched if that script that never ends

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