PYSH? (was:Re: calling ksh script from python)

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.407.1117732831.18027.python-list at python.org>,
Paul McNett  <p at ulmcnett.com> wrote:
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>I keep wondering how difficult it would be to make a Python shell that 
>exposes all of Python but also includes some builtin commands such as 
>cd, mkdir, etc., that are just names bound to os.chdir, os.mkdir..., and 
>is smart enough to take a given command from the user and try to do a 
>os.system() on it based on the path. IOW, I'd love to have all of Python 
>available as my unix shell, while still doing shell-type stuff such as 
>traversing directories, launching applications, etc.
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>There's likely a project that does this already that I'm just unaware of.
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You'll want to look into IPython.