How do I get the contents of the console window?

Question

I'm trying to get what is currently in the console window in a Python script.

For example;

print('Bar')
print('Foo')
print('\n')
print([variable I'm asking for])

Expected outcome:

Bar
Foo

Bar
Foo

But also:

os.system('dir')
print([the variable I'm asking for])

with the expected outcome:

[directories]
[directories]

I've tried the following (from in python, get the output of system command as a string):

import subprocess
print('test1')
print('test2\n')
proc = subprocess.Popen('ls', stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
cmdstr = proc.stdout.read()
print(cmdstr)

and expected something like this:

test1
test2

test1
test2

but I got this:

test1
test2

'ls' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
b''

I've found this somewhere:

import sys
from io import StringIO

sys.stdout = temporarystd = StringIO() # redirect stdout

# stuff here

sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__ # return stdout to its old state

print(temporarystd.getvalue())

This worked fine for print() but I try to use os commands and those still go to the terminal.

Anyone knows why?

(Also, as mentioned by @dump-eldor; 'ls' in proc = subprocess.Popen('ls', stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True) should've been 'dir'.)

Answer 1

it looks like you run the program from windows os?if so try "dir" instead of "ls"