Shell = Maybe

Monday 24 April 2017This is over seven years old. Be careful.

A common help Python question: how do I get Python to run this complicated command line program? Often, the answer involves details of how shells work. I tried my hand at explaining it what a shell does, why you want to avoid them, how to avoid them from Python, and why you might want to use one: Shell = Maybe.

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