use lines as argument to a command

[Shoryuken]

> I guess that you want to loop over a file and for each line in the
> file you want to call some
> external program with the line as the argument.
>
> Have a look at subprocess module
>  http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html
>
> If there is some else that you meant, please specify .
>
> Cheers,
>
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> Amit Khemka

Thanks alot, its working now. But I have another question (sorry I'm
so noob), how can I redirect a command's output to a file (just like
executing a linux command "dmesg>>stat.txt")?