file_1 = r"F:/netcdf/GIS/clipped_final/A_P_Puram_East_Coast.shp" file_2 = r"F:/netcdf/GIS/clipped_final/Ambabal_Godavari.shp" ...
from [Python Script examples for geoprocessing shapefiles without using arcpy](http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/64146/python-script-examples-for-geoprocessing ...