So, first let's look at the native Python options:
General rule of thumb should be to use native functions instead of directly calling other programs or OS commands. Let's quickly glance over each option and see when (if ever) it makes sense to use the particular module. Python has way too many builtin options for interfacing with other programs, some of them better, some of them worse, and honestly I don't like any of them.
So, in this article we will look at all the options you have in Python for running other processes - the bad the good and most importantly, the right way to do it. There are however, many ways to achieve this in Python, most of which are arguably bad, though. Python is a popular choice for automating anything and everything, that includes automating system administration tasks or tasks that require running other programs or interacting with operating system.
