eldorado wrote: > >>> g = os.popen("ps -ef | grep HUB | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'") > >>> h = g.readlines() > >>> g.close() > >>> h > ['87334\012'] > >>> h = h[:-1] > >>> h > [] > >>>
I understand you're probably set, but instead of using readlines() you could also do this: g = os.... h = g.read().split('\n') and then your 'h' list would not have newlines. -tom! -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list