Replacing cmd.exe with custom .py application

Instead of going to the command line all the time, I want to create a small customized cmd.exe of my own, how can I get the return value from os.system() because I was thinking I can do soothing with os.system(), In case my question is not clear, just like an IDE that plugged in another .exe appl

check if file is MS Word or PDF file

What should I look for in a file to determine whether or not it is a MS Word file or an Excel file or a PDF file, etc., etc.? including Zip files I don`t want to check for file extension. os.path.splitext('Filename.jpg') will produce a tuple of filename and extension, but some file don`t even have

Matrix programming

I need an ebook or tutorial that teach matrix programming. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

recursive using the os.walk(path) from the os module

Hi, I want to search through a directory and re-arrange all the files into e.g All .doc files go into MS WORD folder, all .pdf files goes into PDF Folder. I`m thinking of doing something with the os.walk(path) method from os module, I need some ideal how the algorithm should look like, maybe rec

Reading from text file

I want to read from text file, 25 lines each time i press enter key, just like the python documentation. i`m using Python 2.5, Windows XP Thank you -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

I need a Python mentor

*Please the first message i sent out contain error, i`m very very sorry.* Hello everybody, i`m new to this list. I was programming in PHP before, so just of recent I started learning python. I need someone who I can be giving me some assignment based on the chapter I read in the book, and tell pe

I need a Python mentor

How are you? You look good; I will like to meet you. Visit my profile and drop some line for me. Abah Hello everybody, i`m new to this list. I was programming in PHP before, so just of recent I started learning python. I need someone who I can be giving me some assignment based on the chapte

Creating a single python executable file

I have used py2exe and it create .exe file with so many other files, but what i really want is, creating just a single file, imagine writing a small email sending program and after using py2exe you have many file with the your source code zipped side, if there is a way of making it a single executa

os.fork() not working on windows (help)

Please i`m trying to create a process using the os.fork() but it keep generating error that the os module has no attribute called 'fork()'. what should i do? or is the os.fork() method not for windows? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list