import json SN_JSON_PATH = '/opt/tsg/etc/tsg_sn.json' def tsg_get_sn(): try: with open(SN_JSON_PATH) as json_fp: json_dict = json.load(json_fp) return json_dict['sn'] except IOError: return "" def main(): sn = tsg_get_sn() if len(sn) > 0: print("%s" %(sn)) else: print("can't get sn") if __name__ == '__main__': main()