Code is much easier to read if you use f-string (python 3.6 or newer required)
import os import csv import subprocess import time dslamUser = "admin" dslamPass = "1234" httpresponse = '200 OK' with open('dslams.csv', 'r') as csvfile: x = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='|') for row in x: dslam = list(row) dslamName = dslam[0].strip() dslamAddr = dslam[1].strip() print(f'Now Trying:{dslamName} IP:{dslamAddr}') print ('Authenticating with DSLAM....') cmdargs = f"--auth-no-challenge -t 5 --http-user={dslamUser} --http-password={dslamPass} " f"http://{dslamAddr}/config-0_.dat -O /dev/null" data = "" while not ('200 OK') in data: task = subprocess.Popen(f"wget {cmdargs}", shell=True, stdout=None, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) time.sleep(3) dummy, data = task.communicate() os.system(f"wget --auth-no-challenge -t 5 --http-user={dslamUser} --http-password={dslamPass} " f"-O '{dslamName}_'`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`'.dat' http://{dslamAddr}/config-0_.dat")