import commands
output = commands.getout("ls -lah")
Vince
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 3:27 PM, shawn bright <neph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all
>
> I have a small program that when run from the command line, will
> return a certain value for an arguement. Like this:
>
> > mfetchz 45
> > 45j
>
> so the program is mfetchz and the argument is 45
>
> i know i can call the program with os.system("mfetchz 45")
> but how do i get the return?
>
> The OS is linux, if that matters
>
> thanks
>
> sk
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