Executing system commands with wxpython

[Tom B.]

"twsnnva" <twsnnva at msn.com> wrote in message 
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> Could anyone give me an example (code) of a simple program with a button
> that when clicked executes a linux shell or windows dos command like
> "ifconfig" or "ipconfig" and prints the output somewhere in the same
> window. Thanks.
>
First ,

import popen2

In your 'OnButtonEvent' function,

tomin, tomout = popen2.popen4( 'ipconfig')
ipconfig_text = tomin.read()
tomout.close()
tomin.close()

then you can put the results into your window of choice.

Tom
P.S. Try it out by using the new modifiable demo.