Python3 subprocess getoutput

import subprocess

#check_output returns byte string
stdoutdata = subprocess.check_output("wc --lines /var/log/syslog", shell=True)
print("2A stdoutdata: " + str(stdoutdata))
stdoutdata = stdoutdata.decode("utf-8")
print("2B stdoutdata: " + str(stdoutdata))    
stdoutdata=stdoutdata.strip()
print("2C stdoutdata: " + str(stdoutdata))

Source: stackoverflow.com

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