Calling Bash Command From Python

[Wildman]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:05:23 -0400, Random832 wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016, at 10:55, Wildman via Python-list wrote:
>> I have code using that approach but I am trying to save myself
>> from having to parse the entire shadow file.  Grep will do it
>> for me if I can get code right.
> 
> Python already has built-in functions to parse the shadow file.
> 
> https://docs.python.org/3/library/spwd.html#module-spwd

I didn't know about that module.  Thanks, this can simplify
things for me.

> But you can't use sudo this way if you use that. But why do you want to
> use sudo from within the python script instead of just running the
> python script with sudo?

In view of the module I just learned about, that would be
a better approach.

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