Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> writes: > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:24:28 -0800 (PST), Joan Miller: > > On 28 ene, 19:16, Josh Holland <j...@joshh.co.uk> wrote: > > > Check the docs on os.system(). > > No. I've a function that uses subprocess to run commands on the same > > shell and so substitute to bash scrips. But a script full of run > > ("shell_command --with --arguments") is too verbose. > > I shall blaspheme, and suggest that maybe the language you want > to use is REXX (ooREXX or Regina).
Heh. That isn't blasphemy, because no true Pythonista [0] would claim Python to be the god of that domain. It's no sin to say that Python isn't a good choice for specific things; and “I want to write programs by indistinguishably mixing statements with external system calls” is one of them, IMO. [0] fully aware of <URL:http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/No_True_Scotsman>, thanks in advance. -- \ “Natural catastrophes are rare, but they come often enough. We | `\ need not force the hand of nature.” —Carl Sagan, _Cosmos_, 1980 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list