Getting to know Python

[Will Ware]

Adrian Eyre (a.eyre at optichrome.com) wrote:
> > How do I access the shell from the interpreter to enter commands like
> > clear, ls, cp, etc.
> If you're using a shell with job control, I'd cheat, and [hit
> control-Z]

There is a less drastic approach. Either os.system() or
commands.getoutput() will do the same thing without leaving
the interpreter. Using commands.getoutput() will allow you to
get the standard output produced by the command as a Python
string. os.system() returns the exit code from the shell command.
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