How to use os module

Run operating system command from python	Windows example >>> import os >>> os.system('dir') Volume in drive C is Windows8_OS Volume Serial Number is BE98-550F Directory of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 15/08/2016 09:57 PM <DIR> . 15/08/2016 09:57 PM <DIR> .. 05/01/2016 06:31 PM <DIR> 1033 13/08/2006 04:51 PM 78 Mso Example Setup File A.txt 26/10/2006 07:28 PM 110,392 MSOHEVI.DLL 26/10/2006 08:03 PM 546,104 ONFILTER.DLL 26/10/2006 08:25 PM 483,632 VISSHE.DLL 4 File(s) 1,140,206 bytes 3 Dir(s) 64,930,074,624 bytes free 0 Unix example >>> import os >>> os.system('ls -l /tmp') total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 19 22:25 hsperfdata_root 0
Run operating system command from python	Windows example >>> import subprocess >>> subprocess.call('dir c:\temp',shell=True) Volume in drive C is Windows8_OS Volume Serial Number is BE98-550F Directory of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 15/08/2016 09:57 PM <DIR> . 15/08/2016 09:57 PM <DIR> .. 05/01/2016 06:31 PM <DIR> 1033 13/08/2006 04:51 PM 78 Mso Example Setup File A.txt 26/10/2006 07:28 PM 110,392 MSOHEVI.DLL 26/10/2006 08:03 PM 546,104 ONFILTER.DLL 26/10/2006 08:25 PM 483,632 VISSHE.DLL Directory of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 4 File(s) 1,140,206 bytes 3 Dir(s) 64,929,660,928 bytes free 0 Unix example >>> import subprocess >>> subprocess.call('ls -l /tmp',shell=True) total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 19 22:25 hsperfdata_root 0