[attribution lost] > > Those would be quite different functions, then, unless you proposed to have > > Python interpret native shell metacharacters on its own too (e.g., set up > > pipes, do the indicated file redirections, interpolate envars, and fake > > whatever other shell gimmicks people may use). On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:52:39AM +1300, Greg Ewing wrote: > What we need is a function which does all those things, > but uses some way of specifying them *other* than shell > metacharacters. E.g. > > os.plumb(("sed", "-e", "s/dead/resting/", "parrots"), > ("grep", "norwegian"), output = myfile)) +1 on the concept. +1 on something that can be transformed to use tcl's "exec" so that it'll begin working on several common arches immediately. Jeff
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