Question

I have a python function as

import commands
output=commands.getputput("ls -l")
print output
return output

I need to get this return value from python function from my perl script

my($command)=`$python_script_path`;
print $command;

My problem is that by printing the ouput in python i can get my results on screen but i actually require this output in Perl script as well so I would rather return it. How can I achieve it ?
Also please note I do not want to use inline python. thanks!!

Answer 1

The commands module is deprecated since 2.6. Use subprocess instead.

p = subprocess.Popen(['ls', '-l'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
print p.communicate()[0]