Python: executing ping and whois

[WIWA]

Hi all,

Anybody that could tell me how to execute some Linux commands using
Python.
The application is that I want to be able from a website to launch a
Python script and that python script should be able to ping to the
provided IP address, or should do a whois of that IP address. I want
to use the existing Linux commands if possible.

Anyone has an idea or tutorial?

Thanks,

 

[Lawrence Oluyede]

I want
to use the existing Linux commands if possible.

Checkout os.system or (better) os.popen* functions

 

[John J. Lee]

Anybody that could tell me how to execute some Linux commands using
Python.

[...]

os.system, os.popen*, popen2 module. Also

http://pexpect.sourceforge.net/


John

 

[Jordan Krushen]

Anybody that could tell me how to execute some Linux commands using
Python.
The application is that I want to be able from a website to launch a
Python script and that python script should be able to ping to the
provided IP address, or should do a whois of that IP address. I want
to use the existing Linux commands if possible.

Anyone has an idea or tutorial?

http://python.org/doc/current/lib/module-commands.html

Should be just what you want.

J.