Hi. I'm new to Python and I am trying to use it on Windows XP. I am trying to
use it to replicate the same thing that I do on Linux and Mac via shell
scripting (Batch files aren't powerful enough, so I've decided to try to use
Python.)
What I want to do is execute a program and have the results of the execution
assigned to a variable. According to the documentation the way to do this is as
follows:
import commands
x = commands.getstatusoutput('dir')
This should assign "x" to be the output of the command "dir". However, when I
run this (or any other command), x ends up being:
(1, "'{' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\noperable
program or batch file.")
>From looking through the documentation, I'm believing that the implementation
>of commands.getstatusoutput is actually some multi-step thing that starts with
>issuing the bracket character that is being choked on. This leads me to
>believe that Python or perhaps just the commands module is not setup correctly
>on my computer.
I installed Python using the Python2-5.msi link that I found at:
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/
I left everything the default during installation, so Python was installed to
C:\Python25. The only other thing I did was add this PATH variable on my
computer.
Any ideas on what I might do to troubleshoot this?
Thanks!
Brant Sears
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