Update_cmds fixes for py3

kadi/update_cmds.py

@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 import os
 import argparse
 import difflib
+import pickle
 
 import numpy as np
 import tables
-from six.moves import cPickle as pickle
-import six
 
 import pyyaks.logger
 import Ska.DBI
@@ -110,13 +109,10 @@ def fix_nonload_cmds(nl_cmds):
             params = new_cmd['params']
             for key, val in cmd['params'].items():
                 key = str(key)
-                if isinstance(val, six.string_types):
-                    val = str(val)
-                else:
-                    try:
-                        val = val.item()
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
+                try:
+                    val = val.item()
+                except AttributeError:
+                    pass
                 params[key] = val
 
         new_cmds.append(new_cmd)
@@ -316,7 +312,10 @@ def add_h5_cmds(h5file, idx_cmds):
         # Define the column names that specify a complete and unique row
         key_names = ('date', 'type', 'tlmsid', 'scs', 'step', 'timeline_id', 'vcdu')
 
-        h5d_recent_vals = [tuple(str(row[x]) for x in key_names) for row in h5d_recent]
+        h5d_recent_vals = [tuple(
+            row[x].decode('ascii') if isinstance(row[x], bytes) else str(row[x])
+            for x in key_names)
+            for row in h5d_recent]
         idx_cmds_vals = [tuple(str(x) for x in row[1:]) for row in idx_cmds]
 
         diff = difflib.SequenceMatcher(a=h5d_recent_vals, b=idx_cmds_vals, autojunk=False)