Spawn a shell: python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/sh")' echo os.system('/bin/bash') /bin/sh -i perl —e 'exec "/bin/sh";' perl: exec "/bin/sh"; ruby: exec "/bin/sh" lua: os.execute('/bin/sh') exec "/bin/sh" VIM: :!bash :set shell=/bin/bash:shell nmap: !sh