Python code to replace shell scripts

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.81.1071167444.9307.python-list at python.org>,
Daven Nair <nair_260 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I would like to know if Python supports codes similar to shell scripts:
>
>count=`ps -ef|grep "pattern"|wc -l`
>for count in `echo $count`
>  do
>  done
>fi
>
>Can I export a variable say var from os.system("var=`ps -ef|grep pattern|wc 
>-l`")
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While I don't understand your questions, I suspect the series I've launched
with <URL: http://www.samag.com/documents/s=8964/sam0312a/0312a.htm > will
interest you.

When you write, "Can I export a variable ...", are you asking that the
result of an external process be bound to a Python name (or variable), OR
that a Python process export a "shell" variable to its environment, OR
...?
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Cameron Laird <claird at phaseit.net>
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