def check_proc_existence_and_kill(regex):
cmd = 'ps aux | grep "' + regex + '"'
- psRes = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
+ psRes = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
psRes = psRes.split('\n')
for line in psRes:
if 'grep' in line or len(line) == 0: