mysterious discrepancy b/w script results at terminal and in python script

cedardoc · 07-28-2010, 11:59 PM

I have this script I'm trying to get working:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
code = os.system("egrep --exclude=searchresults.txt --exclude=*.{html,py*} '(word1.*word2)|(word2.*word1)' * > '/home/david/folder/searchresults.txt'")

when I copy this portion:

Code:

egrep --exclude=searchresults.txt --exclude=*.{html,py*} '(word1.*word2)|(word2.*word1)' *

and paste it into the terminal at the proper directory, it lists out the results properly, but when I run the whole python script (or paste the entire thing into the terminal) I get extra results in the "searchresults.txt" file from html and py files in the directory as if the second "--exclude" was not working.

Can anyone tell me what's going on here?

Thanks

cedardoc · 08-03-2010, 03:59 PM

is there something about sending results to a file that would affect the prior "exclude" commands?