python functions that give clipboard access to the script

clipboard.py

import subprocess

def getClipboardData():
 p = subprocess.Popen(['pbpaste'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 retcode = p.wait()
 data = p.stdout.read()
 return data

def setClipboardData(data):
 p = subprocess.Popen(['pbcopy'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
 p.stdin.write(data)
 p.stdin.close()
 retcode = p.wait()

print getClipboardData()