how to start a program?

[Gerhard Häring]

gabor wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 
> i want to start application from python,
> like i want to start 
> 'id3v2 --TCON "anime" '
> 
> how can i do that?

import os
os.system('id3v2 --TCON "anime"')

> p.s1: i don't need the output of that program this time, but how can i
> capture it's output?

Check out the docs for the popen2 module.

> p.s2: i know this is a lamer question, but i haven't been able to find
> it :(

This would have been my way of asking Google:

http://groups.google.com/groups?&q=group%3Acomp.lang.python+start+application

-- Gerhard