I want to capture the ouput of dpkg --list | grep linux-image in Python 2.6.5 on Ubuntu 10.04.
from subprocess import Popen
from subprocess import PIPE
p1 = Popen(["dpkg", "--list"], stdout=PIPE)
p2 = Popen(["grep", "linux-image"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
stdout = p2.communicate()[0]
The content of stdout is:
>>> print stdout
rc linux-image-2. 2.6.31-14.48 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.31 on x86
ii linux-image-2. 2.6.32-22.36 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2. 2.6.32-23.37 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2. 2.6.32-24.43 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2. 2.6.32-25.44 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-ge 2.6.32.25.27 Generic Linux kernel image
However, this is not the same as running dpkg --list | grep linux-image in a shell:
cschol@blabla:~$ dpkg --list | grep linux-image
rc linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.31 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.36 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic 2.6.32-23.37 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic 2.6.32-24.43 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic 2.6.32-25.44 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-generic 2.6.32.25.27 Generic Linux kernel image
Looking at the first line, one can see that the output in Python is truncated:
rc linux-image-2. 2.6.31-14.48
instead of
rc linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
Why does it do that and is there a way to get exactly the same output in Python?
解决方案import subprocess
p1 = subprocess.Popen(["dpkg", "--list"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env={'LANG':'C'})
p2 = subprocess.Popen(["grep", "linux-image"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
out,err=p2.communicate()
print(out)
The dpkg command's output depends on the value of the LANG environment variable.
Setting LANG=C in subprocess.Popen will make dpkg's output more like what you see from the terminal.