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Python | check log file size with Subprocess module

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Python subprocess module is very useful is in automating Linux system administration tasks. Below is the code snippet for getting log file size in Python with subprocess module.

  • Create a file with name "gcptutorials.py" and write below code.
    • 
#!/usr/bin/python3

# Import Subprocess module
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

# Command to get file size of yum.log
cmd = "du -sh /var/log/yum.log"

# Popen module to execute command 
output = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, shell=True)
for line in output.stdout.readlines():
      print(line.decode('utf-8'))
  • Run the python file with below command and check the output

    • >> python3 gcptutorials.py

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