The sarge package provides a wrapper for subprocess which provides command pipeline functionality. This package leverages subprocess to provide easy-to-use cross-platform command pipelines with a Posix flavour: you can have chains of commands using ;, &, pipes using | and |&, and redirection. The latest version of sarge can be found on BitBucket: https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/sarge/ The latest documentation (kept updated between releases) is on Read The Docs: https://sarge.readthedocs.org/ Please report any problems or suggestions for improvement either via the mailing list or the issue tracker. WWW: https://sarge.readthedocs.org/