Forking? Calling unix commands from python

[sixtyfootersdude]

Hey all!

Just doing some tinkering with python. I am running mac os x and I am wondering how I can call unix commands from python. In C I think I would use a fork, although it has been sometime since I have used C so I am a little fuzzy on the syntax.

I also want to use what the unix command returns.

Example:

Typed in the command line: python myProgram.py

myProgram.py needs to call the unix ls command and it needs to read in the output from the ls command.

If someone could give me a link or tell me what term I should search for that would be super. Did some searching but wasnt really sure what to search for.

Thanks all! Have a great night!

JS

[Smygis]

Ether use the commands module or os.popen. And the first is a wrapper of the later.

[sixtyfootersdude]

THanks! I will investigate!