#!/usr/bin/env python import sys, re, glob, os, string def main(): ps = os.popen('ps aux','r') newArray = [] Lines = ps.readlines() for i in range(len(Lines)): newArray[i] = [] R = Lines[i].split(" ") for z in range(len(R)): if R[z]: newArray[i][z] = R[z] print newArray[i][z] if __name__ == "__main__": main()