In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Hieronymus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . >input. How do I get the data into the system call? I used to do >things in csh and awk, >i.e., something like > >awk '{<some manipulations here>; print $1, $2}' filename | psxy <some >options> >! output.ps . . . There are several aspects to what you're after. First, I think, is to experiment with
import os os.system("awk '{print $%column}'" % desired_column) Does that move you forward? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list