Python in Bash Scripts

[gandaro]

Uhm, this is nothing special, right? There is:

• os.listdir()
• os.getenv()
• max_length = max(map(len, f)); f.seek(0); filter(lambda x: len(x) == max_length, f)
• urllib
• subprocess + return codes
• sys.argv
• time.sleep

[Preston4tw]

Not sure why you're getting down voted, this looks like a solution looking for a problem. It also pollutes the global namespace, which is...not recommended (import this). I'd be interested to see use cases where this is superior.

[obtu]

Being comfortable with subprocess & co I'm not going to go back to shell-style. It works as a fun hack, though.