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[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 I just don't know how to evaluate the output from results = os.system('pip list --outdated').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 It gives me a list of outdated packages but says they are all up to date.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.

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 results = os.system('pip list --outdated') if results == 0: # What do I put here?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Example i check for module/package,if it's in outdated list i upgrade it.

import subprocess out = subprocess.run(['pip', 'list', '--outdated'], capture_output=True) response = out.stdout.decode() module_name = 'click' if module_name in response: subprocess.run(['pip', 'install', module_name,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I use this for list --outdated

import pkg_resources from subprocess import call packages = [dist.project_name for dist in pkg_resources.working_set] outdated = call("pip list --outdated " + ' '.join(packages), shell=True) print(outdated)