without shell

[Mage]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:16:35 +0530, km wrote:
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>>hi all,
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>>can any linux command be invoked/  executed without using shell (bash) ?
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>py> import os
>py> status = os.system("ls")
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>Prints the output of ls and stores the exit code into status.
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>py> file_list = os.popen("ls").read()
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>Stores the output of ls into file_list.
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These commands invoke shell indeed.

       Mage