import subprocess import json import sys cmd='aws cloudtrail lookup-events --lookup-attributes AttributeKey=EventName,AttributeValue=RunInstances --max-results 20 --region us-east-1' cmds=cmd.split(' ') cl=subprocess.run(cmds,text=True) clstr=str(cl) lines=clstr.split('\n') lst=[] for l in lines: print(l) if '"EventName": ' in l: lst.append(l) print(lst) # print(l) # sys.exit() #js=json.loads(str(cl)) #print(js)