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#15789: mention shell-like parts of the stdlib in the subprocess docs. Patch by Chris Rebert.

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@ -245,10 +245,14 @@ default values. The arguments that are most commonly needed are:
:meth:`Popen.communicate` method.
If *shell* is ``True``, the specified command will be executed through
the shell. This can be useful if you are using Python primarily for the
the shell. This can be useful if you are using Python primarily for the
enhanced control flow it offers over most system shells and still want
access to other shell features such as filename wildcards, shell pipes and
environment variable expansion.
convenient access to other shell features such as shell pipes, filename
wildcards, environment variable expansion, and expansion of ``~`` to a
user's home directory. However, note that Python itself offers
implementations of many shell-like features (in particular, :mod:`glob`,
:mod:`fnmatch`, :func:`os.walk`, :func:`os.path.expandvars`,
:func:`os.path.expanduser`, and :mod:`shutil`).
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