import subprocess out, err = subprocess.Popen(['mocp','--info'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate() out = out.splitlines() #ls = subprocess.Popen(['mocp','--info'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) #out = ls.stdout.readlines() for s in out: s = s.decode("utf-8") if s.startswith('CurrentSec'): print(s) print(s.rfind(' ')) print(s[s.rfind(' ')+1:]) sec = s[s.rfind(' ')+1:] print(int(sec) > 10)