Shell Programming and Scripting

bash.sh
while read -r db
do
Printf  "%s\n" ${db} "Found"
done < path/to/file.txt

file.txt
db1
db2
db3

python.py
print(${db}_tables.replicate.fix)

python.py "${db}"

import sys

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

# get_variable_from_external_command.py

# # with subprocess

# import subprocess
# proc = subprocess.Popen(['ls', '-l'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
# out, err = proc.communicate()
# print(out)

# # without subprocess
# This method works with any Python from Version 1.4.0 to the current 3.8.0.

import os

filelist = os.popen("ls -l")
text = filelist.read()
filelist.close()
print(text)