How to overcome Type error with subprocess call python3

Question

The below script was running fine with python2.7 while with python3 its giving error, this is just basically to check the disk file-system space check.

can not recall how to correct , any help will be much appreciated.

Script:

import subprocess
import socket
threshold = 10
hst_name = (socket.gethostname())

def fs_function(usage):
   return_val = None
   try:
      return_val = subprocess.Popen(['df', '-Ph', usage], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
   except IndexError:
      print("Mount point not found.")
   return return_val


def show_result(output, mount_name):
   if len(output) > 0:
      for x in output[1:]:
          perc = int(x.split()[-2][:-1])
          if perc >= threshold:
            print("Service Status:  Filesystem For " + mount_name + " is not normal and " + str(perc) + "% used on the host",hst_name)
          else:
            print("Service Status:  Filesystem For " + mount_name + " is normal on the host",hst_name)
def fs_main():
   rootfs = fs_function("/")
   varfs  = fs_function("/var")
   tmPfs = fs_function("/tmp")

   output = rootfs.communicate()[0].strip().split("\n")
   show_result(output, "root (/)")

   output = varfs.communicate()[0].strip().split("\n")
   show_result(output, "Var (/var)")

   output = tmPfs.communicate()[0].strip().split("\n")
   show_result(output, "tmp (/tmp)")
fs_main()

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./fsusaage.py", line 42, in <module>
    fs_main()
  File "./fsusaage.py", line 34, in fs_main
    output = rootfs.communicate()[0].strip().split("\n")
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '22 at 13:33

The issue is that you are trying to split the stdout.PIPE from the subprocess—a bytes object—using a regular string.

You can either convert the output to a regular string before splitting it (probably what you want):

output = str(rootfs.communicate()[0]).strip().split('\n')

or you can split it using a bytes object:

output = rootfs.communicate()[0].strip().split(b'\n')

Note: you will need to do the same for varfs and tmPfs.

How to overcome Type error with subprocess call python3

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