echo $PS1 ${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ This is shell script. i want ths value in python my cmd was In [1]: import os In [2]: os.environ['PS1'] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- exceptions.KeyError Traceback (most recent call last) /home/venkat/pyautosuite/terminal/ /usr/lib/python2.4/UserDict.py in __getitem__(self, key) 15 return cmp(self.data, dict) 16 def __len__(self): return len(self.data) ---> 17 def __getitem__(self, key): return self.data[key] 18 def __setitem__(self, key, item): self.data[key] = item 19 def __delitem__(self, key): del self.data[key] KeyError: 'PS1' In [3]: os.getenv('PS1') In [4]: