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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Pass bash variable to python Post 303041986 by Yoda on Tuesday 10th of December 2019 11:15:21 AM
Old 12-10-2019
You can simply pass the variable value as a command line argument:-
Code:
python.py "${db}"

In you python program, you can use the sys.argv to accept and use argument:-
Code:
import sys

if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    print "Usage: python.py <argument>"
else:
    # use sys.argv[1]

 

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