environment/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
def getoutput(self, cmd, split=True, depth=0):
        """Get output (possibly including stderr) from a subprocess.

        Parameters
        ----------
        cmd : str
          Command to execute (can not end in '&', as background processes are
          not supported.
        split : bool, optional
          If True, split the output into an IPython SList.  Otherwise, an
          IPython LSString is returned.  These are objects similar to normal
          lists and strings, with a few convenience attributes for easier
          manipulation of line-based output.  You can use '?' on them for
          details.
        depth : int, optional
          How many frames above the caller are the local variables which should
          be expanded in the command string? The default (0) assumes that the
          expansion variables are in the stack frame calling this function.
        """
        if cmd.rstrip().endswith('&'):
            # this is *far* from a rigorous test
            raise OSError("Background processes not supported.")
        out = getoutput(self.var_expand(cmd, depth=depth+1))
        if split:
            out = SList(out.splitlines())
        else:
            out = LSString(out)
        return out
def getoutput(self, cmd, split=True, depth=0):
        """Get output (possibly including stderr) from a subprocess.

        Parameters
        ----------
        cmd : str
          Command to execute (can not end in '&', as background processes are
          not supported.
        split : bool, optional
          If True, split the output into an IPython SList.  Otherwise, an
          IPython LSString is returned.  These are objects similar to normal
          lists and strings, with a few convenience attributes for easier
          manipulation of line-based output.  You can use '?' on them for
          details.
        depth : int, optional
          How many frames above the caller are the local variables which should
          be expanded in the command string? The default (0) assumes that the
          expansion variables are in the stack frame calling this function.
        """
        if cmd.rstrip().endswith('&'):
            # this is *far* from a rigorous test
            raise OSError("Background processes not supported.")
        out = getoutput(self.var_expand(cmd, depth=depth+1))
        if split:
            out = SList(out.splitlines())
        else:
            out = LSString(out)
        return out
Get output (possibly including stderr) from a subprocess.

        Parameters
        ----------
        cmd : str
          Command to execute (can not end in '&', as background processes are
          not supported.
        split : bool, optional
          If True, split the output into an IPython SList.  Otherwise, an
          IPython LSString is returned.  These are objects similar to normal
          lists and strings, with a few convenience attributes for easier
          manipulation of line-based output.  You can use '?' on them for
          details.
        depth : int, optional
          How many frames above the caller are the local variables which should
          be expanded in the command string? The default (0) assumes that the
          expansion variables are in the stack frame calling this function.