Re: Obtain Python version number
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Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
>
> to write a wrapper script I wonder what might be the best possibility
> to find out the version numer of the running python interpreter. The
> wrapper script is of the type
>
> /var/lib/python-support/python${PYVER}/${package}/${realscript}
>
> and I wonder, how I can obtain ${PYVER} according to the version
> of the python binary that is installed as /usr/bin/python.
>
> I tried
>
> PYVER=`python -V 2>&1 | sed
> 's/Python[[:space:]]\+\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).*/\1/'`
>
> which works in principle but I wonder if there is some other reasonable
> way.
$ PYVER=`python -c \
'import platform; print platform.python_version()'`
$ echo $PYVER
2.3.5
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For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
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are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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