Calling an external command in Python

Answer

Look at the subprocess module in the stdlib:

from subprocess import call
call(["ls","-l"])

The advantage of subprocess vs system is that it is more flexible (you can get the stdout, stderr, the "real" status code, better error handling, etc...). I think os.system is deprecated, too, or will be:

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