# Using subprocess to read from stdout

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, scripting\
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-subprocess-to-read-from-stdout/73041 "2023-04-28T18:48:27Z")\
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If snmpget is not in your paths I don't think just calling it like that would work but instead you would need the full path like `C:\Some\Path\bin\snmpget`. But I don't know that that is your issue here. Regardless I would suggest trying to use `ProcessBuilder` instead to get data out of calling a process, it seems to work a bit better - [Procedure for installing python libraries from source - #16 by PGriffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/procedure-for-installing-python-libraries-from-source/26022/16)

How does it go if you use the full path?

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