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I have a shell script like below. If I have a test.py that has a variable a=5, how can I import the variable to the following shell script?

python test.py b=10 if [ $a == $b ] then echo "a is equal to b" else echo "a is not equal to b" fi
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  • using [ $a == $b ] is going to give you trouble you should use [[ $a == $b ]] or [ "$a" == "$b" ] and then only if $a or $b are strings.
    – the_velour_fog
    CommentedOct 17, 2016 at 7:43

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You can return a variable from your python script. Put at your python script:

a="something" print(a)

And at your shell script:

a=$(python script.py) b="something" if [ "$a" == "$b" ]; then ... ... ...
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