#!/usr/bin/env python import os import commands for png in os.listdir('testsuite'): pipe = [ 'pngtopnm testsuite/%s' % png, './ppmfg', './pbmgrep 6??_*.pbm', ] status, output = commands.getstatusoutput(' | '.join(pipe)) if png.split('.')[0] not in output: print png print 'status', status print output