# Is it possible to access the python console from the non gui version of flac

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**Category:** FLAC3D\
**Tags:** python\
**Created:** [December 13, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/is-it-possible-to-access-the-python-console-from-the-non-gui-version-of-flac/1850 "2024-12-13T13:08:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephaneBeaussier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@stephaneBeaussier](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/stephaneBeaussier)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/is-it-possible-to-access-the-python-console-from-the-non-gui-version-of-flac/1850/1 "2024-12-13T13:08:58Z")

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Hi,

I use the non-gui version of flac3d with the executable fla3d\_console on a linux server that does not have a gui interface.  
I wanted to know if there was a way to access the python console in this version of FLAC3D. I went through the documentation but I couldn’t find anything.

Right now my option is to write the python code in a file and execute with program call “myscript.py” but it is a little impractical.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![markus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.itascainternational.com/markus/32/288_2.png) [@markus](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/markus)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/is-it-possible-to-access-the-python-console-from-the-non-gui-version-of-flac/1850/2 "2024-12-17T09:55:09Z")

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You can issue python commands in the flac3d command line by starting the line with “python …”, so e.g. **python import numpy**.

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**Author:** ![Barati-Nia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@Barati-Nia](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Barati-Nia)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/is-it-possible-to-access-the-python-console-from-the-non-gui-version-of-flac/1850/3 "2026-07-10T22:35:57Z")

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Where is the resource of this command? I cannot find this command in manual.

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**Author:** ![stephaneBeaussier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@stephaneBeaussier](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/stephaneBeaussier)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/is-it-possible-to-access-the-python-console-from-the-non-gui-version-of-flac/1850/4 "2026-08-03T10:45:30Z")

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Hi,

I never could found the command in the documentation, this is why I asked this question in the first place.

I can explain you how it works:

- type python and then any one line valid python command that would work in a python REPL/shell will work. my understanding is that flac passes the python command to the active python instance. This has a few implications:

- There are a few annoying limitations: