os module question

[Cameron Laird]

In article <c46bvt$527$1 at news2.netvision.net.il>,
Miki Tebeka  <miki.tebeka at zoran.com> wrote:
>Hello Sean,
>
>> os.system() always seems to return all output so I don't know why that
>> doesn't work.
>The return value is the exit status.
>
>Miki

... which leaves the question of what *will* satisfy Rasputin.
While I don't seem to have fortune(1) on any of my hosts today,
I believe
  import os
  print os.popen("fortune -f").read()
is it.
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