Execute Bash commands Python way [duplicate]

Question

I am currently executing bash commands manually, by entering in shell in the python code.

How would one do this in the pythonic way?

i am currently using os.system function to execute commands like;

os.system('sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php')
os.system('sudo apt-get update')
os.system('sudo apt-get install php7.0 php5.6 php5.6-mysql php-gettext php5.6-mbstring php-mbstring php7.0-mbstring php-xdebug libapache2-mod-php5.6 libapache2-mod-php7.0')
os.system('sudo a2dismod php7.0 ; sudo a2enmod php5.6 ; sudo service apache2 restart')

This problem has already been solved here : stackoverflow.com/questions/4256107/… — user9160689
– user9160689, Commented Jan 2, 2018 at 18:47

zwessels · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-27 20:45:53Z

27

Possible duplicate of this question.

It is recommended to use subprocess module instead. os.system has been depreciated in favour of subprocess. For more information see subprocess documentation.

import subprocess

command = 'sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php'
process = subprocess.Popen(command.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
output, error = process.communicate()

edited Aug 27, 2019 at 20:45

zwessels

6571 gold badge12 silver badges26 bronze badges

answered Jan 2, 2018 at 18:45

Michael

1,1802 gold badges14 silver badges35 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

Anil_M Over a year ago

An response like this needs to go in as comment.

Michael Over a year ago

@Anil_M oh, ok sorry

Michael Over a year ago

There's also the convience function in python 3 for getstatusoutput which is pretty nice. ` status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput('cmd')`

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Execute Bash commands Python way [duplicate]

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Linked

Related