How do I pass a variable to an external program

[Cameron Laird]

In article <guDhb.342$%93.301 at news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>,
Rigga  <Rigga at noemail.com> wrote:
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>> In the short term,
>>   os.system('cd %s' % variable)
>> is probably what you think you want.
>Wow thanks for the fast response that works a treat, now i just gotta find
>out how you run more than one command on a line i.e. 
>os.system('cd %s' 'ls -lt')
>
>

  os.system('cd %s; ls -lt' % variable)

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