Answers for "how to run shell command in python"

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executing shell commands from python script

import subprocess
subprocess.run(["bash", "testShell.sh"])
#we don't have to give full path to the shell script. It always execute from the current directory

#As a rule of thumb, you need to separate the arguments based on space, 
#for example ls -alh would be ["ls", "-alh"], while ls -a -l -h, 
#would be ["ls", "-a", -"l", "-h"]. As another example, 
#echo hello world would be ["echo", "hello", "world"], 
#whereas echo "hello world" or echo hello world would 
#be ["echo", "hello world"].

#Another example.
list_files = subprocess.run(["ls", "-l"])
print("The exit code was: %d" % list_files.returncode)
Posted by: Guest on March-16-2021
3

python run a system command

import os
cmd = "git --version"
returned_value = os.system(cmd)  # returns the exit code in unix
Posted by: Guest on April-01-2020
0

how to run shell command in python

import subprocess

process = subprocess.Popen(['echo', 'hi'],
                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                           stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
out, err = process.communicate()
print(out) # hi
print(err) # None
Posted by: Guest on October-31-2021

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