[rapha]

Hi all,

I'm trying to write my first KODI addon.

I'd like to execute an external command (which already works successfully) but I'd like to display the output of the program/script.
I am using the following function:
 

Code:

xbmc.executebuiltin('System.Exec(/path/bin/program_or_script)')

How can I capture the output (stdout) of the program/script and assign it to a variable?

Unfortunately I didn't find an example for that.

Note that currently I'm using only these modules (and it would be nice if I wouldn't need others):

Code:

import xbmcaddon
import xbmcgui

Of course the return code of the external command would be also interesting

Many thanks for help

[ronie]

the system.exec() builtin command doesn't provide such functionality.

you can use the subprocess python library instead:
https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html

[Martijn]

Subprocess doesn't work on Xbox version such it will break for that platform if you care about that

[ronie]

an alternative would be to try os.popen()
https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.popen