Python Subprocess Example

command.py

import subprocess
import collections

CommandResponse = collections.namedtuple('CommandResponse', ['code', 'out', 'err'])

def run_command(cmd):
    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    sout, serr = p.communicate()
    return CommandResponse(p.returncode, sout, serr)