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Calling Shell from Python

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  1. subprocess.run is preferred to the function os.system for invoking shell commands. For more discussions, pleaser refer to [Hands on the Python module subprocess]https://www.legendu.net/en/blog …

Preferred Python Version in Shebang

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#!/bin/sh
''''which python2 >/dev/null 2>&1 && exec python2 "$0" "$@" # '''
''''which python  >/dev/null 2>&1 && exec python  "$0" "$@" # '''
''''exec echo "Error: I can't find python anywhere"         # '''

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