Writing Python Script`s Results into Text file

Question

I am trying to write my below pinging script results into the Text file, but I am getting an error message. Below is my code: import os import time import subprocess # Open file for saving ping results results_file = open("results.txt", "w") with open('ip-source.txt') as IPs: hosts = IPs.read() hosts = hosts.splitlines() for ip in hosts: os.system('cls') print('Printing now:', ip) print('-'*60) result = os.system('ping -n 4 {}'.format(ip)) print('-'*60) time.sleep(1) with open("output.txt", "w", encoding="utf8") as output: output.write("\n".join([post.text for post in result])) and when i ran it i got below error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "script.py", line 21, in output.write("\n".join([post.text for post in result])) Error: TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

The os.system returns an exit signal (typically 0 or 1) from a process called. If you look, os.system is just the wrapper function for subprocess.Popen. You need to use something like a subprocess. Popen or subprocess.check_output and then b) add results to the list: import subprocess ... results = [] for ip in hosts: ... results.append(str(subprocess.check_output(["ping", "-n", "4", str(ip)]))) with open("output.txt", "w", encoding="utf8") as output: output.writelines(results) If you are a beginner and want to know more about Python the do check out the python for data science course