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How do I execute a program or call a system command?
How do I call an external command within Python as if I had typed it in a shell or command prompt?
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How do I execute a python program within a python program? [duplicate]
Now Consider the following idea
I'm declaring a if/elif type to run the program
Such as :
number=int(input("Enter a number :"))
If number ==0
Run program.py
Elif number ==1
Run Program2.py
Else ...
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How to run a program in command line from python [duplicate]
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How do I execute a program from python? os.system fails due to spaces in path
I am trying to call a program (MP3gain.exe) in command line from python. my problem is that python ...
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How can I run Powershell and run .exe file by Python code? [duplicate]
Currently, I am running an exe file (test.exe) by Powershell.
It requires an input file's name as an argument.
It means, I have to type ./test.exe input.txt in Powershell command in order to run the ...
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os.system to invoke an exe which lies in a dir whose name contains whitespace
My code is simply as follows:
file = 'C:\\Exe\\First Version\\filename.exe'
os.system(file)
When I run this program, a Windows error is raised: can't find the file specified.
I found out the problem ...
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How to open external programs in Python
Duplicate edit: no, i did that but it doesnt want to launch firefox.
I am making a cortana/siri assistant thing, and I want it to lets say open a web browser when I say something. So I have done the ...
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Launch a totally independent process from Python
I'm trying to launch a completely independent process from python. I can't use something simple like os.startfile since I need to pass arguments. Currently I'm using subprocess.popen which gets me 90%...
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How to execute a shell command through Python
I am new to Python programming. I want to execute a shell command "at" from a Python program. Can any one of the Python gurus help me out? Thanks in advance.
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how do I make a fork or non-blocking system call in python
This is related to this question but with a different take.
In Ubuntu, I use Autokey, which uses python to automate keystrokes it observes. So I have <super>+e mapped to open Gedit, <shift&...
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How to take a screenshot with Python using a click and drag method like Snipping Tool?
I'm writing a Python program that is basically the Snipping Tool. I'd like to be able to run my program, select the area for my screenshot using my mouse to click and drag, and then have the program ...
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How to determine if win32api.ShellExecute was successful using hinstance?
I've been looking around for an answer to my original issue.. how do i determine (programmatically) that my win32api.ShellExecute statement executed successfully, and if a successful execution occurs, ...
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How to open an external application by pyautogui module in python with predefined window(x,y) position?
I want to open VM player application through python code and I have to import/open VM file but whenever I tried opening the application through subprocess.Popen(self.vmware_path) python code line, it ...
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Am I using os.system correctly? My application won't open anymore
A few days ago I had the line os.system(r"C:\Users\red\Desktop\Test UI") in my program. I tested it and it worked fine, it opened the application just like I wanted it to.
Now, I'm coming ...
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Execute a Windows path with spaces in Python
I am trying to build a program that mimics the 'run' feature of Windows in a Windows environment. Now I know that sounds a bit silly, but we are on 'limited' computers, and the cmd is completely ...
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Can I tell Python to execute command line in cmd?
I'm working on a personal project as a very amateur programmer and to do this, I need to have python tell cmd to run an external program via command line.
For example, I need to chdir ("C:\blah\blah")...
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