python执行ping并输出_如何在python中执行ping或traceroute，并访问产生的输出？

Earlier, I asked this question:

However because python is not running as root it doens't have the ability to open the raw ICMP sockets needed to perform the ping/traceroute in native python.

This brings me back to using the system's ping/traceroute shell commands. This question has a couple examples using the subprocess module which seem to work well:

I still have one more requirement though: I need to be able to access the output as it is produced (eg. for a long running traceroute.)

The examples above all run the shell command and then only give you access to the complete output once the command has completed. Is there a way to access the command output as it is produced?

Edit: Based on Alex Martelli's answer, here's what worked:

import pexpect

child = pexpect.spawn('ping -c 5 www.google.com')

while 1:

line = child.readline()

if not line: break

print line,

解决方案

pexpect is what I'd reach for, "by default", for any requirement such as yours -- there are other similar modules, but pexpect is almost invariably the richest, most stable, and most mature one. The one case where I'd bother looking for alternatives would be if I had to run correctly under Windows too (where ping and traceroute may have their own problems anyway) -- let us know if that's the case for you, and we'll see what can be arranged!-)