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diff --git a/cmd2.py b/cmd2.py
index 38cf7bb1..1ab53b60 100755
--- a/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2.py
@@ -242,8 +242,10 @@ elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
# because the child process will block if it generates enough output to a pipe to fill up the OS pipe buffer.
# Starting with Python 3.5 there is a newer, safer API based on the run() function.
- # test for pbcopy - AFAIK, should always be installed on MacOS
- subprocess.check_call('pbcopy -help', shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=None, stderr=None)
+ # Python 3.3+ supports subprocess.DEVNULL, but that isn't defined for Python 2.7
+ with open(os.devnull, 'w') as DEVNULL:
+ # test for pbcopy - AFAIK, should always be installed on MacOS
+ subprocess.check_call('pbcopy -help', shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
can_clip = True
except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError, IOError):
pass
@@ -269,7 +271,8 @@ else:
# Running on Linux
can_clip = False
try:
- subprocess.check_call('xclip -o -sel clip', shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=None, stderr=None)
+ with open(os.devnull, 'w') as DEVNULL:
+ subprocess.check_call('xclip -o -sel clip', shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
can_clip = True
except AttributeError: # check_call not defined, Python < 2.5
try: