how to execute "OTHER" python scripts

[yk22wong]

I usually do this:

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cat test01.py                                                                                                                                 

def my_test():
    print("hello, test")

def main():
    my_test()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

and then, can do:

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>>> import test01
>>> from test01 import my_test
>>> 
>>> test01.my_test()
hello, test
>>> test01.main()
hello, test
>>> 
>>> my_test()
hello, test

Thanks. Good to know another alternative

[electricidea]

Another possibility is to load and execute the script with the exec() command:
exec(open("foo.py").read())

[lukesky333]

Is it possible to execute another script and get the output of it in a variable?

something like:

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subprocess.getoutput('echo xyzzy')