To add to Alan: On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can interact with the operating system and file system using > modules such as os etc. But you can't do it directly as you can > in bash. But that is because bash has built in capability to execute > external commands, otherwise bash is an interpreter too, albeit > with a much more limited syntax and general capability. Bash's > power is in calling external commands. Python's power is in > creating commands! > >
You can *make* it more like a shell (if that's what you're looking for) by using ipython: http://ipython.scipy.org/ A large percentage of python developers use IPython (the I stands for interactive, I think). -- Michael Langford Phone: 404-386-0495 Consulting: http://www.RowdyLabs.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
