David wrote:
> Martin Walsh wrote:
>>> ... but, you don't need to use subprocess at all. How about (untested),
>>>
>>> # grep USE /tmp/comprookie2000/emerge_info.txt |head -n1|cut -d\" -f2
>>> infof = open('/tmp/comprookie2000/emerge_info.txt')
>>> for line in infof:
>>> if 'USE' in line:
>>> USE = line.split('"')[1]
>>> break
>>> else:
>>> USE = ''
>>> infof.close()
>>>
>
> Thanks Martin works perfect. So I understand correctly, line.split('"')
> splits the list on " so [1] grabs after USE = " and up till [2] starts.
That's right, in other words it emulates the behavior of 'cut -d\" -f2'.
Python having 0-based indexing, you use 1 instead of 2, etc.
> Again thanks, I like the comments :)
> -david
>
Welcome, glad it helped.
Marty
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