Python: Operating system access

Course description

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course develops a Python script that accesses the operating system in a number of ways:

• Powerful processing of the command line
• Navigation of the file system and inspection of directory content
• Running of coupled Unix programs

Notes

• Notes (PDF)
• Slides (ODF)
• Examples and exercises (TGZ) (Warning: This directory unpacks in the the current working directory and not a subdirectory.)
• Examples and exercises (browseable)

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