How to get the output from os.system()? [duplicate]

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Use subprocess:

import subprocess
print(subprocess.check_output(['nslookup', 'google.com']))

If the return code is not zero it will raise a CalledProcessError exception:

try:
    print(subprocess.check_output(['nslookup', 'google.com']))
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
    print(err)

os.system only returns the exit code of the command. Here 0 means success. Any other number stands for an operating-system-dependent error. The output goes to stdout of this process. subprocess intends to replace os.system.

subprocess.check_output is a convenience wrapper around subprocess.Popen that simplifies your use case.

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