When writing an Command Line Interface for an application it could be nice to have an interactive shell with command completition and history. The cmd library of Python provides a framework for that.

Using Python First import subprocess, this is the module we will use to interact with the cmd. Next, get the output for the command "netsh wlan show profiles" using subprocess.check_output(). Then ...

How to Run Cmd.exe From Python. While it is not common to need to call Windows functions within Python code, you may occasionally need to do so in order to make a program work correctly.