On 14/06/16 21:03, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:
> from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
> from threading import Thread
> from collections import deque
> import sys
> import time
> import os.path
>
>
> def process(dq):
> """Run a commandline program, with lots of output"""
> cwd = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
> proc = Popen("ls -lF", cwd=cwd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
> #print len(proc.stdout.readlines()) # 2964
> output = errors = None
> while True:
> try:
> #output, errors = proc.communicate() # "Wait for process to
> terminate."
> output = proc.stdout.read() # docs: "Use communicate() rather
> than .stdin.write, .stdout.read or .stderr.read"
read() reads the entire "file", try using readline() instead.
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