[SOLVED] python convert output to a list

simhumcon · 05-06-2014, 01:57 AM

hello all,

i've been struggling with this issue and im really new to python. i have a linux command that will display output as below

tda
tdb
tdc
tdd

i want to convert above output as a list, such as ('tda', 'tdb', 'tdc', 'tdd')

can that be done in python?? right now, if i try to print list(output), i get as this ['t','d','a','\n','t','d','t','\n',) someone please help!!!!

pan64 · 05-06-2014, 02:01 AM

what is the code you wrote?

simhumcon · 05-06-2014, 02:07 AM

hi there!

actually, here is what i'm doing. i'm issuing a command : td-cli device --list | grep -v "Device List"
this a command from our customized driver in linux machine. so the output that i get is as below

tda
tdb
tdc
tdd

i'm trying to make this as a list so i can actually see how many tdx didn't show up. right now, when i do this :
#
DIMMs_list_current = commands.getoutput('td-cli device --list | grep -v "Device List"')
for DIMMs in DIMMs_list_current :
print DIMMs
#

when i do this, i get
t
d
a

t
d
b

t
d
c

t
d
d

i want the output to be as below
tda
tdb
tdc
tdd

pan64 · 05-06-2014, 02:24 AM

Code:

for DIMMs in DIMMs_list_current.split('\n'):
- or -
for DIMMs in DIMMs_list_current.split(' '):

should work

simhumcon · 05-06-2014, 02:27 AM

thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!

pan64 · 05-06-2014, 02:47 AM

glad to help you
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