Added ranger.ext.spawn which runs programs and returns their stdout

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ranger/ext/spawn.py b/ranger/ext/spawn.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+ENCODING = 'utf-8'
+
+def spawn(*args):
+	"""Runs a program, waits for its termination and returns its stdout"""
+	if len(args) == 1:
+		popen_arguments = args[0]
+	else:
+		popen_arguments = args
+	process = Popen(popen_arguments, stdout=PIPE)
+	stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+	return stdout.decode(ENCODING)