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#!/usr/bin/python
import subprocess

fabric_name = "zzz4"
alert_ext = "filesystem used"
hostname = "zzz3274.prod"
cmd_suppression = 'alerts -f '+fabric_name+' suppressions add -A "'+alert_ext+'" add -N '+hostname+' -d 10m -c "Informed team in ..suppress for '+hostname+' for 1 hour.."'
suppression_output = subprocess.Popen(cmd_suppression, shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate('y\ntest123')[0]