Basically some of the most common code ideas are welcomed here. you probably want python as a shell. Here's some tips: TableOfContents

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general ideas

for all your code,

lack of symbol for command execution

Solution: write short method names: <code> def S(arg):

• """returns string of executed command arg""" return os.popen(arg).read()

def SN(arg):

• """returns list of executed command arg""" return os.popen(arg).read().split('\n')

def SP(arg):

• """prints string of executed command arg""" print S(arg)

def SNP(arg):

• """prints with lines list executed command arg""" for i in SN():
  • print i

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you might not know that you have improved functionality. os.path.split replaces dirname and basename returning a tuple containing both. os.path.splitext splits on the extension returning a tuple To complete the set you might want to split the path at the root, use: <code> import re def splitroot(s):

• if string.find(s,"/") == -1:

  • return ,s

  if s[0] == '/':
  • s = s[1:]
  m = re.match("(.*?)/(.*)$",s) return m.groups()

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