How to write a function which will run a command a certain condition in output?

Question

I have a curl command which is having some issues sending data to proxy, so sometimes it sends the data perfectly other times it fails. The command looks like

curl --tlsv1 --cipher ALL --connect-timeout 90 -T nint.txt  ftps://ftp.box.com/Backup/nants.txt --user "admin:pass" -x socks4://10.21.0.10:1080 -v

Now i need to write a python code which executes this command until the output contains Connection #0 to host ftp.box.com left intact

something like

def send_to_box(zip_name):
    curl --tlsv1 --cipher ALL --connect-timeout 90 -T nint.txt  ftps://ftp.box.com/Backup/nants.txt --user "admin:pass" -x socks4://10.21.0.10:1080  2>&1 | grep -q "Connection #0 to host ftp.box.com left intact" "
    while "Connection #0 to host ftp.box.com left intact" in os.system(curl_cmd_grep):
           print successful send the data

Not sure what is the best way to achive this

Have a look at the [subprocess](https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html) module. — Maurice Meyer, May 06 '17 at 12:05
It looks like your are try to monitor a remote FTP directory. See this question on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/q/12118011/1513933 — Laurent LAPORTE, May 06 '17 at 12:22
@LaurentLAPORTE I am trying to upload the content to remote FTPS server and the instance from which i am trying to upload sits behind a proxy — Kittystone, May 06 '17 at 12:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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You can use ftputil which has a TLS support. See an example here: Does ftputil support SSL/TLS?

To use a proxy, consult this SO question: Proxies in Python FTP application

You can also search in the Python documentation: ftplib module.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered May 06 '17 at 14:39

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i understand , but thats unclear to setup with , i am more of interested in doing the thing the dirty way – Kittystone May 06 '17 at 17:54

How to write a function which will run a command a certain condition in output?

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