self.errors_list = Listbox(self.frame) self.errors_list.grid(sticky=W + E) self.status_label = Label(self.frame) def select_directory(self): directory = askdirectory(initialdir=self.directory.get()) if directory: self.directory.set(directory) def run_pep(self): self.errors_list.delete(0, END) process = Popen('$(which pep8) {}'.format(self.directory.get()), shell=True, stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE) output = process.communicate()[0] selected_dir = ''.join((self.directory.get(), '/')) if output: self.errors_list.configure(background='red') for i, error in enumerate(output.split('\n')): self.errors_list.insert(i, error.replace(selected_dir, '')) else: self.errors_list.configure(background='green') self.errors_list.insert(0, 'Directory is OK!') root = Tk() setattr(root, 'run', lambda *args, **kwargs: root.mainloop(*args, **kwargs)) app = Window(root) root.run()