Python wrapper for shell commands

shell_wrapper.py

# Wrapper for shell command in Python 

from subprocess import Popen

class ShellCommand(object):
    def __init__(self, command):
        self.command = command
        self.stdout = None
        self.stderr = None
        self.code = None

    def execute(self):
        p = Popen(self.command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
        self.stdout, self.stderr = p.communicate()
        self.code = p.returncode

        return self.stdout, self.stderr, self.code
 
 # Example: 
 # stdout, stderr, code = ShellCommand("ls -lhta /root").execute()