Comment by oguz-ismail
5 days ago
> The Python code Kragen gave is more characters to type, but fewer footguns.
What are the footguns in this?
df | grep /$
5 days ago
> The Python code Kragen gave is more characters to type, but fewer footguns.
What are the footguns in this?
df | grep /$
There are none AFAIK.
Allow me to correct my previous comment: using Python's os.spawnlp or Popen to invoke Unix commands has fewer footguns than using the shell. (Kragen's code only addresses your question of how to set up a pipeline in Python.)