How to import a module given its name as string?

Question

I\'m writing a Python application that takes as a command as an argument, for example:

$ python myapp.py command1

I want the application to

Answer 1

The below piece worked for me:

>>>import imp; 
>>>fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module("/home/test_module"); 
>>>test_module = imp.load_module("test_module", fp, pathname, description);
>>>print test_module.print_hello();

if you want to import in shell-script:

python -c ''