'str' object has no attribute 'close with popen.python

I am using the command os.popen in python and when I try to close it I get the error:

os.popen

'str' object has no attribute 'close


how can I fix this?
I tried reading it repeatedly in another line but this still didn't work.
this is the code lines:

p = os.popen(command, "r").read()
f_temp_command = open("%s/%s%s" % (LOG_DIR, file, LOG_EXT), "w")
f_temp_command.writelines([l for l in p.splitlines()])
p.close()


2 Answers
2

This

p = os.popen(command, "r").read()


binds p to the result of .read(), not to the result of os.popen(). You want:

p

.read()

os.popen()

p = os.popen(command, "r")
r = p.read()
do_something_with(r)
p.close()


or better:

with os.popen(command, "r") as p:
r = p.read()
# no need to close p anymore, it's already done


As a side note, you don't need the list expression here:
f_temp_command.writelines([l for l in r.splitlines()])

since r.splitlines() already returns a list, so you could replace it with:

r.splitlines()

f_temp_command.writelines(r.splitlines())


or even with:

f_temp_command.write(r)


splitlines()

p.read()

r

You can not close it bacause read method return str object. Use an intermediate variable to store the result.

read

str

p = os.popen(command, "r")
res = p.read()
f_temp_command = open("%s/%s%s" % (LOG_DIR, file, LOG_EXT), "w")
f_temp_command.writelines([l for l in res.splitlines()])
p.close()


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