psfiles = [] # plot files in PostScript format ... while m <= m_max: case = 'tmp_m_%g' % m ... psfiles.append(os.path.join(case,case+'.ps')) ... ... s = 'epsmerge -o tmp_mruns.ps -x 2 -y 3 -par ' + \ ' '.join(psfiles) failure, output = commands.getstatusoutput(s)