Call a shell command from Python
D'Arcy Cain
darcy at vex.net
Tue Nov 1 11:23:09 EDT 2016
On 2016-11-01 01:23 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Wildman via Python-list <python-list at python.org> writes:
> So the way your script was invoked has no bearing on whether Bash will
> get involved in what your script does. Your script is *directly*
> invoking programs, and if you don't ask for a shell to be involved you
> won't get it.
In other words, the OP's script *is* bash in this scenario or a
reasonable facsimile thereof.
The subject probably should have been "Emulating a shell in Python." Of
course, if the OP knew to use that subject he probably would have
already had the answer. :-)
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