Common Unix Command Line Operations and Their Python Equivalents

Learning by analogy.

Unix Command Line Operation	Python Operation
pwd	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.getcwd
cd	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.chdir
mkdir	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.mkdir
mkdir -p	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.makedirs
rm	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.remove
rmdir	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.rmdir
rm -r	https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html#shutil.rmtree
mv	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.rename
ln	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.link
ln -s	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.symlink
echo $VAR	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.getenv
export VAR=foo	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.putenv
ls	https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.check_output
ls -l	https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.check_output
chmod	https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.chmod
cp	https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy
cp -p	https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2
cp -r	https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree
date	datetime
ps, top	psutil

Generally useful: shlex.split