> How, in Python, can I execute a string as a shell command? You should use the 'call' function of the 'subprocess' module. You can either pass it a string with the full command or a list of strings comprising the command (like execv in libc). You must pass the 'shell=True' option if you are passing the full string; otherwise it can be omitted.
import subprocess
subprocess.call("ls -l /home/rms", shell=True)
subprocess.call(["ls", "-l", "/home/rms"])
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