Run Unix command within Python

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I want to run a unix command from within my python script for my app. How do I do that?
Apr 27, 2018 in Python by wannabelinuxgeek
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From the python docs, use the subprocess module -

>>> subprocess.call(["ls", "-l"])
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answered Apr 27, 2018 by Nietzsche's daemon
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