Get running exes in Python (as a list)

get_running_exes.py

import os


def get_running_exes(): # https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-get-list-of-running-processes/
	wmic_output = os.popen('wmic process get description, processid').read().strip() 
	items = wmic_output.split("\n")
	exes = []
	for line in items:
		if ".exe" in line.strip():
			exe = line.split("   ")[0].rstrip()
			exes.append(exe)
	return exes


print(get_running_exes());