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Python: How to store output of ls -lrt

Problem : In python, how to store the o/p of 'ls -lrt' in a string so that we can search for files of a particular pattern

This is inorder to find all files in a directory that has been modified between date1 and date2

Thanks in advance

Solution 
  • >>> import subprocess
>>> op = subprocess.check_output(["ls","-lrt"])
>>> print(op)
total 0
drwxr-xr-x+   4 henry  staff   136 16 Jun 11:20 Public
drwx------+   3 henry  staff   102 16 Jun 11:20 Movies
drwx------+   4 henry  staff   136 16 Jun 12:54 Pictures
drwx------@  48 henry  staff  1632 25 Jun 21:35 Library
drwx------+  39 henry  staff  1326 28 Jun 09:15 Desktop
drwx------+   8 henry  staff   272 28 Jun 12:24 Documents
drwx------+  19 henry  staff   646 29 Jun 15:15 Music
drwx------+ 146 henry  staff  4964 30 Jun 17:49 Downloads