reading data from command line

[mcmxl22]

I want to automate updating python packages through pip. I think I have most of it. I just don't know how to evaluate the output from results = os.system('pip list --outdated'). I thought putting 0 for none would be sufficient but it doesn't work. It gives me a list of outdated packages but says they are all up to date. It never runs lines 12-21.

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def pkg_update():     options = ['Check for updates?', '1 Yes', '2 Exit']     for option in options:         print(option)     choice = input('> ')     if choice == '1':         print('Checking for updates.')         results = os.system('pip list --outdated')         if results == 0: # What do I put here?             print('All packages are up to date.\n')             pkg_update()         else:             print(results)             while True:                 update_list = list(results)                 current = update_list.pop(0)                 print(f'Updating {current}.')                 os.system(f'''pip install --upgrade                              {current}''')                 print('Done')             pkg_update()       elif choice == '2':         raise SystemExit       else:         pkg_update()     if __name__ == "__main__":     pkg_update(

[snippsat]

Do not use os.system() it's deprecated and unsafe,use subprocess .
Example i check for module/package,if it's in outdated list i upgrade it.

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import subprocess   out = subprocess.run(['pip', 'list', '--outdated'], capture_output=True) response = out.stdout.decode() module_name = 'click' if module_name in response:     subprocess.run(['pip', 'install', module_name, '--upgrade']) else:     print(f'No module with name <{module_name}> found')

Output:
E:\div_code
λ python sub_2.py
Collecting click
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fa/37/45185cb5abbc30d7257104c434fe0b07e5a195a6847506c074527aa599ec/Click-7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: click
  Found existing installation: click 6.7
    Uninstalling click-6.7:
      Successfully uninstalled click-6.7
Successfully installed click-7.0

I only use pip list in a virtual envorioment,as OS is mess because i do test a lot often to help users install problem on forum.
So i have many modules/package that i don't care about or want to update.

[Axel_Erfurt]

I use this for list --outdated

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import pkg_resources from subprocess import call   packages = [dist.project_name for dist in pkg_resources.working_set]   outdated = call("pip list --outdated " + ' '.join(packages), shell=True) print(outdated)