On Jun 28, 5:48 am, Dave Pawson <dave.paw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've a fairly long bash script and I'm wondering > how easy it would be to port to Python. > > Main queries are: > Ease of calling out to bash to use something like imageMagick or Java? > Ease of grabbing return parameters? E.g. convert can return both > height and width of an image. Can this be returned to the Python program? > Can Python access the exit status of a program? > > I'd prefer the advantages of using Python, just wondering if I got > so far with the port then found it wouldn't do something? > > Has anyone made this comparison please? > > TIA > > -- > Dave Pawson > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > Docbook FAQ.http://www.dpawson.co.uk
You do have a couple of couple of python scriting programs that are like bash. I don't know if they are worth using though (you would have to look them up I don't recall the names right now) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
