Revisions to How do I execute a program from Python? os.system fails due to spaces in path [duplicate]

removed semicolons. Python doesn't require that.

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edited Aug 18, 2023 at 7:35

I suspect it's the same problem as when you use shortcuts in Windows... Try this:

import os;os
os.system("\"C:\\Temp\\a b c\\Notepad.exe\" C:\\test.txt");

I suspect it's the same problem as when you use shortcuts in Windows... Try this:

import os;
os.system("\"C:\\Temp\\a b c\\Notepad.exe\" C:\\test.txt");

I suspect it's the same problem as when you use shortcuts in Windows... Try this:

import os
os.system("\"C:\\Temp\\a b c\\Notepad.exe\" C:\\test.txt")

added 2 characters in body

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edited Oct 15, 2008 at 9:16

I suspect it's the same problem as when you use shortcuts in Windows... Try this:

import os;
os.system("'C"\"C:\\Temp\\a b c\\Notepad.exe'exe\" C:\\test.txt");

I suspect it's the same problem as when you use shortcuts in Windows... Try this:

import os;
os.system("'C:\\Temp\\a b c\\Notepad.exe' C:\\test.txt");

I suspect it's the same problem as when you use shortcuts in Windows... Try this:

import os;
os.system("\"C:\\Temp\\a b c\\Notepad.exe\" C:\\test.txt");

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answered Oct 15, 2008 at 8:27

I suspect it's the same problem as when you use shortcuts in Windows... Try this:

import os;
os.system("'C:\\Temp\\a b c\\Notepad.exe' C:\\test.txt");

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