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

Question

I have a Python script that needs to execute an external program, but for some reason fails.

If I have the following script:

import os;
os.system(\"C         


        

Answer 1

Here's a different way of doing it.

If you're using Windows the following acts like double-clicking the file in Explorer, or giving the file name as an argument to the DOS "start" command: the file is opened with whatever application (if any) its extension is associated with.

filepath = 'textfile.txt'
import os
os.startfile(filepath)

Example:

import os
os.startfile('textfile.txt')

This will open textfile.txt with Notepad if Notepad is associated with .txt files.