In article <7gn7fo$fqs$1 at nnrp1.dejanews.com> skott1870 at my-dejanews.com writes: > Script 1: > > print "this is a test" > > Script 2: > > import os > x = os.popen('script1.py').readlines() > print x Have you tried: x = os.popen('python script1.py').readlines() -- Phil Hunt....philh at vision25.demon.co.uk