Jinja2

[user@server common]$ python py_check
some randome string
The test worked
[user@server common]$ cat py_check
from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader('/home/user/project/files/common'))
tmpl = env.get_template('test.j2')
something = 'some randome string'
print tmpl.render(something=something)

[user@server common]$ cat test.j2
{{ something }}
The test worked
[user@server common]$