Standalone

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import maya.standalone 
import maya.OpenMaya as OpenMaya 
import sys 
def main( argv = None ): 
	try: 
		maya.standalone.initialize( name='python' ) 
	except: 
		sys.stderr.write( "Failed in initialize standalone application" ) 
		raise 
	sys.stderr.write( "Hello world! (script output)\n" ) 
	OpenMaya.MGlobal().executeCommand( "print \"Hello world! (command script output)\\n\"" ) 
	 
if __name__ == "__main__": 
    main()