At the moment I am running a bash command from within Python using the following method:
os.system(cmd)
However I need to run the command in a new shell/terminal. Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks, Dan
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By "new terminal" do you mean you want your window manager to create a new terminal window in which the command runs?Wooble– Wooble2012-10-12 11:18:25 +00:00Commented Oct 12, 2012 at 11:18
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I am using the following method (this will also redirect stderr to stdout):
import subprocess
cmd_line = "echo Hello!"
p = subprocess.Popen(cmd_line, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
out = p.communicate()[0]
print out
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os.system() is deprecated in favour of :
import subprocess
print subprocess.check_output("command", shell=True)
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Zlatko-Minev
does this actually make a new separete process or just a subshell? bcs subshells can have conflicts with file handes. ie using os.system() is bad since thats a subshell
Windows "WshShell", Google it, is the answer. My complete steps:
Install
1. pip install pywin32-221-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
2. python.exe pywin32_postinstall.py -install (DOS command line)
Run
3. import win32com.client
4. WshShell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell")
5. WshShell.run("cmd")
WshShell.run() is what you need, there are many different ways to run. hidden window, new window, full screen, minimized, ... etc.
