[ale] Need help with a Python Script

[Chuck Payne]

Richard,

Sorry, I not the quick on terms. I am assuming RERL meas
Read–eval–print_loop. What you are stating is good, but the problem is, I
am stuck that is why I am asking for help. I am so gun shy about asking for
help, because the standard response is usually RTFM. I gave up learning
Perl because I could never get help.

I will try what you have recommend.

Chuck

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From: Richard Bronosky <Richard at bronosky.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Need help with a Python Script
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>

Chuck,
You really need to experiment at the REPL. That is the main reason for
choosing a scripting language like python. I suggest installing
ipython (or bpython) so that you get tab completion. The you would do
this:
$ ipython
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Nov 11 2010, 13:30:19)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.8.4 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

In [1]: import os

In [2]: os.get
os.getcwd      os.getegid     os.geteuid     os.getgroups
os.getlogin    os.getpgrp     os.getppid     os.getuid
os.getcwdu     os.getenv      os.getgid      os.getloadavg  os.getpgid
   os.getpid      os.getsid

In [2]: os.gete
os.getegid  os.getenv   os.geteuid

In [2]: os.getenv('HOSTNAME')
Out[2]: 'vm1.example.com'

However, os.getenv can only get was is available as environment
variables. You can check those at the terminal with the env command.

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Stephen Haywood
<stephen at averagesecurityguy.info> wrote:
> What version of Python are you using?
>
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