Here's a trivial example using backquotes. The tricky part is getting bash to use them in conditionals, variable assignments, and such.
0 % cat > /tmp/fie.py print "Fie!" [ctrl-d] 0 % cat > /tmp/echo.sh echo `python /tmp/fie.py` [ctrl-d] 0 % sh /tmp/echo.sh Fie! 0 % Cheers On Wednesday 17 September 2008 11:30, Patrick wrote: > I was just wondering if there was a way to return the results of a > python script to the bash shell? I was thinking about using the output > as an argumen for another shell command. I know that we can use the > shell from within Python via the OS module but I believe this is usually > used to feed input into the program. > > Here is a silly pseudo code example: > > bash command | some-python-script.py | some.other-script.sh > > thanks in advance-Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
