Strip python string

Asked May 15 '14 at 19:10

Active May 15 '14 at 19:41

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EDITED TO INCLUDE WORKING SCRIPT

Here is working script based on user's answers

import sys, subprocess, socket, string
import wmi, win32api, win32con



pst = subprocess.Popen(
        ["D:\pstools\psloggedon.exe", "-l", "-x", "\\\\10.10.10.10"],
        stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr = subprocess.PIPE
    )

out, error = pst.communicate()

userLoggedOn = out.split('\n')[1].strip()


print userLoggedOn, "is output"

I am trying to format output from a subprocess

Python script

import sys, subprocess, socket, string
import wmi, win32api, win32con



pst = subprocess.Popen(
        ["D:\pstools\psloggedon.exe", "-l", "-x", "\\\\10.10.10.10"],
        stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr = subprocess.PIPE
    )

out, error = pst.communicate()

userLoggedOn = out.strip('Users logged on locally:')


print userLoggedOn, "is output"

Gives the following output

Users logged on locally:
        DOMAIN\user
is output

How do I strip out "Users logged on locally:" so that it outputs

DOMAIN\user is output

edited May 15 '14 at 19:41

asked May 15 '14 at 19:10

Glowie

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`str.strip()` works on a **set**. – Martijn Pieters May 15 '14 at 19:11
@MartijnPieters what? since when? Im confused now...(I couldnt make that work in python2.6 , and it doesnt make much since that it would since __set__ is inherently unordered ... – Joran Beasley May 15 '14 at 19:14
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@JoranBeasley: since forever? `'Hello world!'.strip('Hel!')`. – Martijn Pieters May 15 '14 at 19:15
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@JoranBeasley: I meant that the characters in the argument are treated as a set, not a sequence. – Martijn Pieters May 15 '14 at 19:16
ahhh ok that makes a little more sense then ... I thought you meant a `set("Hello")` – Joran Beasley May 15 '14 at 19:17
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just do `out[len('Users logged on locally:'):]` or `re.sub("'Users logged on locally:',"",out)`,or `out.split(":",1)[-1]` – Joran Beasley May 15 '14 at 19:19
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Using `out.split('\n')[1].strip()` should work also. – Gabriel M May 15 '14 at 19:23
@GMGray --- your solution worked. How do I mark this thread as "solved" because of your answer? – Glowie May 15 '14 at 19:26
@Glowie Write your own answer with what you've already tried for users looking answer for this question in the future ;) – Gabriel M May 15 '14 at 19:34

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