parallel/concurrent process in python

[Minesh Patel]

> os.fork is not cross platform.  It is *nix only.  Subprocess runs on
> Windows also.  The OP never specified his platform.
>

Just out of curiosity, how is one able to replace an os.fork() call
with subprocess and have the child execute multiple statements? I
typically see subprocess used for spawning a shell command, piping,
etc...
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Thanks,
Minesh Patel