How to use export with Python on Linux

Question

I need to make an export like this in Python :

# export MY_DATA=\"my_export\"

I\'ve tried to do :

# -*- python-mode -*-
# -         


        

Answer 1

I've had to do something similar on a CI system recently. My options were to do it entirely in bash (yikes) or use a language like python which would have made programming the logic much simpler.

My workaround was to do the programming in python and write the results to a file. Then use bash to export the results.

For example:

# do calculations in python
with open("./my_export", "w") as f:
    f.write(your_results)

# then in bash
export MY_DATA="$(cat ./my_export)"
rm ./my_export  # if no longer needed