import subprocess
 
def run(cmd):
        PIPE = subprocess.PIPE
        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
        return p.stdout.read()
 
tmp = run("ausearch -f /new")

import subprocess

def run(cmd):
	return subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT).stdout.read()

tmp = run(["ausearch", "-f", "/new"])

In [1]: import commands
In [2]: output = commands.getoutput('ls -t /tmp')
In [3]: output
Out[3]: 'orbit-user\nhsperfdata_user\ntest.py\npulse-PKdhtXMmr18n\nvirtual-user.VA6zP1\nvmware-user\npulse-dDWe8cdrIzZr\nkeyring-uxioAd\nssh-VSyDAs1825\norbit-gdm\nvmware-root\nVMwareDnD'

urpm = "'urpmi %s'" % inst
                        cmd = 'lxterminal --command=%s' % (urpm)
                        PIPE = subprocess.PIPE
                        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE,
                        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, close_fds=True)
                        while True:
                            s = p.stdout.readline()
                            if not s: break
                            print s,
                        break