[Tutor] Using Linux commands

David Rock david at graniteweb.com
Wed Dec 10 11:12:14 EST 2003


* desiderata at softhome.net <desiderata at softhome.net> [2003-12-11 03:53]:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a module that I could import so that I could use linux commands? 

os.system 
   will let you run any command available on the system
   
commands.getoutput
   will let you collect stdout from a system command that you run

> the os modules seems limited because I wanted to use some commands for
> my script.. 

Limited in what way? What type of commands are you trying to use and
what are you using them for?

-- 
David Rock
david at graniteweb.com
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