plz help how to print python variable using os.system()

[Delaney, Timothy (Tim)]

Grant Edwards wrote:

> On 2008-01-16, Lutz Horn <lutz.horn at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:29:08 -0800 (PST), jitender001001 at gmail.com
>> said: 
>>>         var = "/home/anonymous"
>>>         os.system("echo $var)
>> 
>> os.system("echo %s" % var)
> 
> Though one wonders why one would do that instead of simply doing
> 
> print var

Only reason I can think of is to learn how to use os.system before doing
something larger. But the OP should be using subprocess or popen in most
cases anyway ...

Tim Delaney