Re: python lists and newline character

[Gary Josack]

Gary Herron wrote:

Support Desk wrote:

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>Hello all,
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> I am using os.popen to get a list returned of vpopmail
>users, something like this
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>x = os.popen('/home/vpopmail/bin/vuserinfo -n -D
>mydomain.com). readlines()
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>x returns a list, of usernames, and I am trying to append the
>usernames with the domain like so
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>for line in x:
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> print line + ‘@’ + domain
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>but instead of getting
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>user@domain.com <mailto:user@do main.com>
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>im getting a newline character like:
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>user
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>@domain.com
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>User
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>@comain.com
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>User2
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>@domain.com
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>Is there some way I can get this list without the newline characters
>being added. or somehow remove the newline characters. Any help would
>be appreciated.
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The problem has nothing to do with lists. The readlines() function
returns each line *with* its newline. To strip it off, use line.strip()
>
Gary Herron
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Also os.popen is deprecated. You should probably learn subprocess.

Thanks,
Gary M. Josack