IPython.core.magics.osm:OSMagics.sx

Extended Summary

%sx command

IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and return the result formatted as a list (split on 'n'). Since the output is _returned_, it will be stored in ipython's regular output cache Out[N] and in the '_N' automatic variables.

Notes:

• If an input line begins with '!!', then %sx is automatically

invoked. That is, while

!ls

causes ipython to simply issue system('ls'), typing

!!ls

is a shorthand equivalent to

%sx ls

• %sx differs from %sc in that %sx automatically splits into a list,

like '%sc -l'. The reason for this is to make it as easy as possible to process line-oriented shell output via further python commands. %sc is meant to provide much finer control, but requires more typing.

.l(or.list)

.l (or .list)

This is very useful when trying to use such lists as arguments to system commands.