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diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 5437243..0dd55e0 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
- retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
+ >>> retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
Run command with arguments. Wait for command to complete. If the
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
- check_call(["ls", "-l"])
+ >>> check_call(["ls", "-l"])
+ 0
getstatusoutput(cmd):
Return (status, output) of executing cmd in a shell.
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ getstatusoutput(cmd):
is stripped from the output. The exit status for the command can be
interpreted according to the rules for the C function wait(). Example:
- >>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
(0, '/bin/ls')
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
@@ -145,20 +145,19 @@ getoutput(cmd):
Like getstatusoutput(), except the exit status is ignored and the return
value is a string containing the command's output. Example:
- >>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.getoutput('ls /bin/ls')
'/bin/ls'
check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
- Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+ Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
- If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError. The
- CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
- attribute and output in the output attribute.
+ If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError. The
+ CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
+ attribute and output in the output attribute.
- The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
+ The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
- output = subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
+ >>> output = subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
Exceptions
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ def check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
- """Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+ r"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError. The
CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
@@ -446,15 +445,15 @@ def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
>>> check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
- 'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18 2007 /dev/null\n'
+ b'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18 2007 /dev/null\n'
The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally.
- To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=subprocess.STDOUT.
+ To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=STDOUT.
>>> check_output(["/bin/sh", "-c",
- "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
- stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
- 'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
+ ... "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
+ ... stderr=STDOUT)
+ b'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
"""
if 'stdout' in kwargs:
raise ValueError('stdout argument not allowed, it will be overridden.')