python command output to variable code example

Example 1: python get output of command to variable

import subprocess as sp
output = sp.getoutput('whoami --version')
print (output)

Example 2: python run command and read output

>>> subprocess.check_output(['ls', '-l'])
b'total 0\n-rw-r--r--  1 memyself  staff  0 Mar 14 11:04 files\n'