How to get the output from os.system() into a variable?

[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

>>result=python_command(' command_on_the_bash ')
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>>Is that possible? And how to do that?
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>Check out the commands module.
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>http://docs.python.org/lib/module-commands.html
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Hmm, I forgot this one. It is only working from UNIX, am I right?

   Les