sh doesn't print output unless wrapped in print()

[devinnasar]

According to the documentation, commands such as the following should print to the console when called:

• sh.git.status()
• sh.ls()
• etc.

The documentation has the user calling these commands verbatim, and not wrapped in print(). Can someone explain this? Am I doing it wrong?

[Andrew]

The commands return a string. If you execute them from the python console, python will print the result. If you execute them from a script, you need to print the result yourself.