17.4 Summary

In this chapter, we demonstrated the interaction of a Python script with system commands. Either a Python script can be called in a way as if it would be a system command or a Python script can itself create system processes. The chapter is based on Linux systems such as Ubuntu and serves only as a demonstration of concepts and possibilities. It allows putting scientific computing tasks in an application context, where often different software have to be combined. Even hardware components might come into play.