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Top Forums Programming Python - store output of command to a variable Post 303007512 by apmcd47 on Friday 17th of November 2017 10:15:18 AM
Old 11-17-2017
Try this:
Code:
server_description = "This is xyz abc of mno CentOS"
my_Check = "CentOS" in server_description
if my_Check == True:
    print("This is CentOS")
else:
    print("This is NOT CentOS")

Don't quote the "True". By quoting the "True" you were comparing a Boolean with a string. But the truth is you don't even need that:
Code:
server_description = "This is xyz abc of mno CentOS"
my_Check = "CentOS" in server_description
if my_Check:
    print("This is CentOS")
else:
    print("This is NOT CentOS")

Or even:
Code:
server_description = "This is xyz abc of mno CentOS"
if "CentOS" in server_description:
    print("This is CentOS")
else:
    print("This is NOT CentOS")

As for this:
Code:
>>> server_description = "CentOS"
>>> my_Check = "centos" in server_description
>>> my_Check
False
>>> my_Check = "CentOS" in server_description
>>> my_Check
True

Python is case-sensitive. "centos" is not "CentOS". If you want a case-insensitive string comparison, try:
Code:
"centos".lower() in server_description.lower()

There may be other ways.

Andrew
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