On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 21:03 -0400, John Salerno wrote: > Hi all. I just installed Ubuntu and I'm learning how to use the bash > shell. Aside from the normal commands you can use, I was wondering if > it's possible to use Python from the terminal instead of the normal bash > commands (e.g. print instead of echo).
>From a terminal window typing, python -c "print 'testing'" would produce the same results as echo 'testing' in bash shell, but obviously not as nice. > My main reason for asking is that > I like using Python for everything, and if I don't need to learn the > bash 'language', then I won't just yet. > Just type python and do your stuff in the python interpreter. This becomes your shell. This then got me thinking, how about making python your login shell. So I modified my shell login entry in /etc/passwd to /usr/bin/python, logged in and voila, I was presented with my friendly python shell upon opening a terminal window. So the answer is "Yes". -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
