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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index e08dc8e..bcd38de 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -519,8 +519,11 @@ Replacing shell pipeline ==> p1 = Popen(["dmesg"], stdout=PIPE) p2 = Popen(["grep", "hda"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=PIPE) + p1.stdout.close() # Allow p1 to receive a SIGPIPE if p2 exits. output = p2.communicate()[0] +The p1.stdout.close() call after starting the p2 is important in order for p1 +to receive a SIGPIPE if p2 exits before p1. Replacing :func:`os.system` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |