How to execute a shell command in Python 2.7?

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Please help to achieve output of shell in python

typo error in above python code line 5. It is hpeesofde.exe instead of xwgen.exe — Harsh
– Harsh, Commented Apr 8, 2017 at 6:25
Please delete that image and paste your two console I/O blocks in as text. A formatting tool is provided in the toolbar. — halfer
– halfer, Commented Apr 10, 2017 at 11:01

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:02:11Z

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You can hook up stdin and stdout of processes together in python using Popen but it's usually easiest to let shell shell do the work, for example you can:

subprocess.check_output('ls | grep something', shell=True)

Related: How do I use subprocess.Popen to connect multiple processes by pipes?

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:02

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