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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:26:04 +1000
Subject: Re: Why command os.popen works in python interactive mode but not in script debugger mode?
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Viet Nguyen
<vhnguyenn@yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote:
> But from debugger mode in a script:
>>>> import os
> (Pdb) p =3D os.popen('date')
> *** SyntaxError: SyntaxError('invalid syntax', ('<string>', 1, 1, "=3D os=
.popen('date')"))
>
>
> Can anyone help me why there is syntax here?
>

This is actually a command to the debugger. You say "p
some_expression" and it prints out the value of some_expression.

https://docs.python.org/2/library/pdb.html#debugger-commands
""""
Commands that the debugger doesn=E2=80=99t recognize are assumed to be Pyth=
on
statements and are executed in the context of the program being
debugged. Python statements can also be prefixed with an exclamation
point (!).
"""

So try this:

!p =3D os.popen('date')

ChrisA