import subprocess import re p = subprocess.Popen(["ping.exe", 'google.com'], stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE, shell = True) out = p.stdout.read() regex = re.compile("Minimum = (\d+)ms, Maximum = (\d+)ms, Average = (\d+)ms", re.IGNORECASE) print regex.findall(out) #//python/8567