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import subprocess

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opposite of sys.argv (args from shell --> script as list)
spawns processes from script --> shell calls

subprocess.check_output()
- shell=True - outputs the normal shell output -> terminal (cannot be stored as such)

def list_of_ls():
    """
    :returns list: of current os.getcwd
    """
    return subprocess.check_output('ls -d */', shell=True).decode('utf-8').splitlines()

subprocess.run()
- capture_output=True -> ability to string parse stdout & error (after converting byte to str)

import subprocess

USERS = '/Users/'


def get_curr_user():
    return subprocess.run(['whoami'], capture_output=True).stdout.decode('utf-8').strip()

subprocess.call()docs - tl;dr use run^^