Function getoutput

IPython/utils/_process_win32.py:142–164

Return standard output of executing cmd in a shell. Accepts the same arguments as os.system(). Parameters ---------- cmd : str or list A command to be executed in the system shell. Returns ------- stdout : str

(cmd: str)

def getoutput(cmd: str) -> str:
    """Return standard output of executing cmd in a shell.

    Accepts the same arguments as os.system().

    Parameters
    ----------
    cmd : str or list
        A command to be executed in the system shell.

    Returns
    -------
    stdout : str
    """

    with AvoidUNCPath() as path:
        if path is not None:
            cmd = '"pushd %s &&"%s' % (path, cmd)
        out = process_handler(cmd, lambda p: p.communicate()[0], STDOUT)

    if out is None:
        out = b""
    return py3compat.decode(out)


try: