sx(self, line='', cell=None)
%sx command
IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and return the result formatted as a list (split on '\n'). Since the output is _returned_, it will be stored in ipython's regular output cache Out[N] and in the '_N' automatic variables.
Notes:
If an input line begins with '!!', then %sx is automatically
invoked. That is, while:
!ls
causes ipython to simply issue system('ls'), typing:
!!ls
is a shorthand equivalent to:
%sx ls
%sx differs from %sc in that %sx automatically splits into a list,
like '%sc -l'. The reason for this is to make it as easy as possible to process line-oriented shell output via further python commands. %sc is meant to provide much finer control, but requires more typing.
.l (or .list) : value as list. .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string. .s (or .spstr): value as whitespace-separated string.
This is very useful when trying to use such lists as arguments to system commands.
Shell execute - run shell command and capture output (!! is short-hand).
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SVG is more flexible but power hungry; and does not scale well to 50 + nodes.
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