Python equivalent to @lines = 'command';

[Tim Hammerquist]

Fernando Pérez <fperez528 at yahoo.com> graced us by uttering:
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> could anyone comment on the benefits/differences between the
> popen() approach and using
>         output = commands.getoutput(cmd) ?
> 
> Or is getoutput() just a popen() call with another name?

According to my Python docs, the commands module is *nix-specific,
while os.popen() is notably cross-platform.

Tim Hammerquist
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