Executing external commands in IPython

Question

I want to run a new command from the IPython configuration and write its output. Basically, I would like to access the equivalent !commandthrough regular functions. I know that I can just use it subprocess, but since IPython already provides this functionality, I assume that the shell should be properly made in the API.

Answer 1

Apparently, such a shell can be called through ip.IP.getoutput("command").