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  Re: call from pthon to shell Jason Friedman <jsf80238@gmail.com> - 2013-02-17 00:00 -0700

#39015 — Re: call from pthon to shell

>>>> import os
>>>> os.system("i=3")
> 0
>>>> os.system("echo $i")
>
> 0
>
> why i can not get the value of i?

Each call to os.system starts a new shell.  Think about what would
happen if you opened a terminal and typed:

$ i=3

Then, close that terminal and open a new one.  You would not be surprised that

$ echo $i

returns nothing.

And, as mentioned by Andrew, even absent that problem os.system is not
the way to obtain the data you are looking for.

I realize this is now 5 days after you posted ... what were you
ultimately attempting to accomplish?

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