From Python to Shell
Fredrik Lundh
fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Jun 8 10:28:49 EDT 2006
NightHawk wrote:
> Im not a total noob but i don't know the command and the module to go
> from python to the default shell.
I'm not sure what you mean by "go to", but if you want to start an
interactive OS shell from inside Python, you can do:
>>> import os
>>> os.system(os.environ["SHELL"])
on Unix, and
>>> import os
>>> os.system(os.environ["comspec"])
on Windows.
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