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@@ -1338,3 +1338,27 @@ distribution. It enables tab-completion of ``django-admin.py`` and
See :doc:`/howto/custom-management-commands` for how to add customized actions.
+
+
+==========================================
+Running management commands from your code
+==========================================
+
+.. function:: django.core.management.call_command(name, *args, **options)
+
+To call a management command from code use ``call_command``.
+
+``name``
+ the name of the command to call.
+
+``*args``
+ a list of arguments accepted by the command.
+
+``**options``
+ named options accepted on the command-line.
+
+Examples::
+
+ from django.core import management
+ management.call_command('flush', verbosity=0, interactive=False)
+ management.call_command('loaddata', 'test_data', verbosity=0)