def list_upgrades():
base_pacmanqu_command_raw = "pacman -Qu"
args = shlex.split(base_pacmanqu_command_raw)
process = subprocess.Popen(args,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,universal_newlines=True)
output_list = []
for line in process.stdout.readlines():
newoutput = line.rstrip('\n')
output_list.append(newoutput)
systemstats = SystemStats()
systemstats.updatecount = str(len(output_list))
systemstats.save()
return output_list
