Python equivalent to @lines = 'command';

[Christer Frovik]

Is is possible to spawn a command (any command not just ls) 
and have all the lines that the command outputs stored in a list?

In PERL this is done quite nicely in a single statement:

  @files = `ls -1`;

and you can then iterate over @files and do whatever you want.
Any ideas, or should i stick with Perl for my mindless scripts?