Python capture Popen stdout AND display on console

Certainly! In Python, the subprocess module provides the Popen class, which allows you to spawn new processes, connect to their input/output/error pipes, and obtain their return codes. If you want to capture the standard output (stdout) of a process while still displaying it on the console, you can use the subprocess.PIPE option and the communicate() method. Here's a tutorial with a code example:
In this example, the subprocess.Popen function is used to start a new process with the specified command and arguments. The stdout=subprocess.PIPE argument captures the standard output of the process, allowing you to read it later.
The universal_newlines=True argument ensures that the output is decoded as text.
Feel free to replace the command_to_run variable with the command and arguments you want to execute. This example uses the ls -l command to list files in the current directory as a demonstration.
Remember to handle exceptions appropriately in your actual code to account for errors that may occur during the process execution.
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