# page 71 subprocess
# anything that is command prompt in o/s use subprocess

import subprocess
# the book uses Linux commands

# windows commands
# define the command we want to run as string
#command = "dir c:\\python\\mypythonLevel2"
command = "ping google.com"


# create your shell to run the command thru
result = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)

if result.returncode == 0:  # Exit code 0 pass
    print("Command executed successfully")
    print("------- OUTPUT --------------")
    print(result.stdout) # terminal
else:
    print("Command failed")
    print(result.stderr) # Exception Error